On Wed, 05 Dec 2001, Kristian Köhntopp wrote: > Because that is the way PHP works. PHP is like the borg: If there is a > C call somewhere out there in the kernel or some obscure library, > somebody will wrap it in PHP and provide an interface to it. This > makes for an extremely rich, some would say bloated language, and it > gets a lot of things done. It is also unpretty to look at, but then I > don't care at all, as long as it earns my money.
If you've been following the discussions in the past, Kristian, you know that as soon as PEAR/PECL infrastructure supports easy and rock-solid download, compilation, and installation of extensions, a lot of superfluous ones will be moved in there. Like vpopmail. > This is exactly what the PHP core was created for: Customize > the hell out of it. This does not compute. -Andrei "When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." -- Erasmus -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
