On 30 October 2010 09:34, Chad Emrys <ad...@codeangel.org> wrote: > On 10/30/2010 02:16 AM, Peter Lind wrote: >> >> On 30 October 2010 09:09, Mike Van Riel<mike.vanr...@naenius.com> wrote: >> >> * snip * >> >> >>> >>> (additionally I wonder why people ask such a simple question on IRC >>> whilst >>> googling provides your answer faster..) >>> >> >> Most of the people coming to ##php on freenode asking questions like >> that have a hard time learning (on their own or at all) - they expect >> to be spoonfed. Changing the token name might lower the frequency of >> this particular question, but it would have no overall effect on the >> number of people coming to ask questions they could get answered in >> two seconds by google. >> >> Regards >> Peter >> >> > > It's the same argument everyone else is giving, and really it all comes > down to this.: > > Nostalgia is valued over clarity and consistency. > > Do you guys REALLY want to claim that? >
I wasn't arguing for or against a switch, just providing some background. That said, people with no google skills bugging you on irc is a very poor excuse for change. As for the rest of the discussion, both sides seem to have merit, in my opinion. Regards Peter -- <hype> WWW: plphp.dk / plind.dk LinkedIn: plind BeWelcome/Couchsurfing: Fake51 Twitter: kafe15 </hype> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
