> At 13:19 02/09/2002, James Cox wrote: > >As I see it, PHP was designed with speed and simplicity in mind. > > It was indeed.. > > >Having the burden of a large number of extra modules compiled in by > >default doesn't help, and deviates from this path. > > Not really. Speed-wise, adding modules has a negligible effect. > As far as > simplicity goes, we're talking about simplicity for the > developer. Bundling features does make things simpler for the > majority of > the target audience. > > > Compiling modules by default which are buggy just compounds > the problem. > > I obviously agree with that. I do want to see mbstring become an > integrated part of PHP, but not a moment sooner than when it is stable. >
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