Re: [PHP-DEV] [UPDATE] NGScan

2001-07-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Whee. I mainly just archive this list and scan it at intervals, but someone drew my attention to this thread. I am not a member of the PHP Group, and barely a contributor to PHP, but I *do* have some experience in working in groups like this, and *lots* of experience in being abrasive. So I am

[PHP-DEV] FW: Response.redirect!!!

2002-02-22 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Sent to the Apache contact address. I told him I was forwarding it, but that he might not get a reply if his message was considered too rude.. :-) - Forwarded message from Tomas Marklund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: "Tomas Marklund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re

[PHP-DEV] Netscape cookies rather than RFC2109 or RFC2965?

2001-08-20 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Is there any particular reason why setcookie() uses the long- deprecated Netscape cookie syntax? Would anyone object to my enhancing it to at least allow another argument specifying the syntax (Netscape Set-Cookie, RFC2109 Set-Cookie, or RFC2965 Set-Cookie2)? -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagenda

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-07 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-07 at 23:06, Joey Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > So let's be the first ones to get our heads on straight and get rid of > this ridiculous concept. It is, IMHO, one of the worst ideas in the > history of the world...I'd really rather be reading perl regu

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-07 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-07 at 23:40, Joey Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote the following to PHP...: > > > Um, it has been around since sometime in version 3. Have you > > noticed it before? Has it

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-07 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-07 at 23:42, Joey Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > No, I haven't, but let me get this straight: > > You're saying that if something is a bad idea, that the more often it is > used, the "less bad" [1] it becomes? Speaking only for myself and not Chuck, I

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-08 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-08 at 08:34, Zeev Suraski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > Not really. You only have to conform if you believe that PHP is not a > standalone language. You're also assuming that most of PHP's userbase has > C background, which is usually not true. Among th

Re: Fwd: Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Zeev Suraski wrote: > > Ken - see my point? :) I have seen it all along. I just do not think that removing it is better than leaving it forever but discouraging it. And you cannot say that 'ugliness is not a metric' for anyone except yourself. Multiple people have brought that aspect up, so o

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Zeev Suraski wrote: > > > Did/do you use gettext in other languages? > > No > > >If the answer to the latter, at least, is 'no' then I think the > >experience of people like Rasmus and Chuck -- who *do* use gettext > >a lot, and in other languages -- carries a helluva lot more weight > >than

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: > > Zeev: were it being added now, no, I wouldn't argue for it. > My argument is based on it having been there for years and > being in heavy use in some people's code. Likewise MHO. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Golux.Com/coar/ Author, develo

Re: [PHP-DEV] Woah

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
Joey Smith wrote: > > Ken, I whole-heartedly apologize for my rude statments...it is > simply a measure of my frustration with _() that led to me behave so > poorly, and I hope you'll forgive me. Thank you for apologising. Forgiven. :-) -- #kenP-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http:

[PHP-DEV] Re: _

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-10 at 23:09, Zeev Suraski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > > Please do not dismiss those > >inputs unless you think they do not count, in which case I > >suppose we should just accept that you are inflexible and > >consider your opinion better than anyone els

[PHP-DEV] Re: _

2001-09-10 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
* On 2001-09-10 at 23:18, Zeev Suraski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> excited the electrons to say: > > The smilie does make it a good natured poke, but at least as far as my > email parser works, it still means that you mean it, and that stings :) Well, I *don't* mean it, and I apologise. No ad homine