On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 13:41 +0800, Crayon Shin Chan wrote: > On Tuesday 19 June 2007 09:35, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > Ah but it is quite possible that the OP will go ahead and try to build > > a framework, he may fail miserably, all the while learning from his > > mistakes. Then he may try again and subsequently build a kickass > > framework. > > In the pragmatic world where you're working on a project, for a living, to > a time schedule, then learning from other people's mistakes is less time > consuming than creating your own mistakes, recognise that they are > mistakes and then learn from them. > > Of course if you invoke your "it's only for fun" defence then pragmatism > wouldn't come into it and whatever you do or don't do doesn't really > matter.
I wouldn't call it a defence. It's a point of view. > > Since not all paths lead to the same conclusion it is just > > as possible that if he doesn't go down this path that he will never > > create a kickass framework no matter how many frameworks he studies. > > Now you're trudging into the realms of philosophy, crystal ball gazing and > groundless speculation. No, it's simple probability. > > Some of the greatest science comes from those unaware of established > > rules and theories. > > I'm sure most people on the list aren't looking to make revolutionary > advances in php programming. Most are simply looking for practical > answers to practical questions. And many will encounter serendipity along the way regardless of what they are looking to achieve. 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
