On Nov 6, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Nate Abele wrote:
I was shocked and horrified that that ridiculous "remove-the-$"
post actually turned into a legitimate discussion. I mean, seriously?
No, not seriously.
It's an old internet joke, a shibboleth among programmers, not unlike
"GOTO considered harmful", or "Real programmers Don't Use Pascal".
Sometimes the humor doesn't make it through the tubes (another
shibboleth), other times users don't realize that their very subject/
idea is so absurd as to be laughable.
For example, I will now propose that for usability reasons:
1. All built-in PHP functions should be aliased in the worlds most
used languages, so that declaring a "function" could also be written
as: "funktsioon", "otstarve", "λειτουργία ", "ویرایش",
"Fonction", "funcionar", "fungsi", "funzionare", "қызмет", "可
算", "メソッド", "funkcja" (etc.)
Can I get a +1?
While at first blush, it seems like a possibly interesting idea, upon
closer examination, it turns into either laughter, or a deep sense of
shame and admonition.
The trick is knowing when a joke is intentional, or not.
-Bop
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