# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2007-04-11 23:44:16 -0700: > Paul Scott wrote: > >On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 23:22 -0700, Jim Lucas wrote: > > > >>Has anybody else seen this style of syntax? > >> > >http://5ive.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=blog&action=viewsingle&postid=init_8059_1163957717&userid=5729061010 > > > >I don't think that its really useful for anything, except maybe creating > >overly complex SQL queries.
> well, I guess the better question is, is why when I talk others about oop, > they say that this style of syntax is OOP, and anything else is not. *What* style of syntax? "Syntax" is grammar, a set of rules, the "visible" part of a programming language, something you either follow or you get a parse error. To which grammar are you referring? > be it dot notation or the pointers (->) in php. Having "primitive" types, including literals, behave like instances of a class helps writing object-oriented code, because you don't have to special case. It's not required, however. You can write o-o code in today's PHP, it just won't be purely "objective". > I heard it called messaging at one point in the past. > > the passing up of information in the tree. Different people use different metaphors. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
