On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 17:23 -0300, Manuel Lemos wrote: > Hello, > > on 08/03/2006 02:53 PM Robert Cummings said the following: > >>> The main thing in Manual's post that got me writing this in the first > >>> place was : > >>> > >>> "Imagine if there would be only one PDBC (JDBC for PHP). Instead of that > >>> we have a never ending choice of PHP database abstraction layers that > >>> does not help newcoming developers that are lost and don't know what to > >>> use." > >> I admit I have not expressed myself clearly. What I meant is not that > >> people should be disallowed to implement alternative APIs, but rather > >> that they should not feel the need to do it. > > > > I think you may be missing the point. Many people probably don't feel > > the "need" to create an alternative API, they may just feel the desire > > to do so. It's a great way to practice your skills, and in the end, you > > have a nice API that meets your needs. > > I do not think many people want to reinvent the wheel. Only those that > feel forced to do it, because the alternatives are insufficient, will do > it, only if they feel capable of doing it. > > If there were consensual API specifications like in Java world, very few > people would feel forced to reinvent the wheel.
I beg to differ. I think a good number of people really enjoy re-inventing the wheel :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
