Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread raditha dissanayake
andu wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:40:31 -0500 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those weird function names are taken straight from C. Blame the inventors of C. PHP is partly intended to be easy to learn for C programmers. I'm wondering how many php users are C programmers... Can only blame the

RE: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Those weird function names are taken straight from C. Blame the inventors of C. PHP is partly intended to be easy to learn for C programmers. I'm wondering how many php users are C programmers... Can only blame the php inventors for using a bad model. [/snip] Hey andu, since you say

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread andu
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:49:43 +0600 raditha dissanayake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: andu wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:40:31 -0500 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those weird function names are taken straight from C. Blame the inventors of C. PHP is partly intended to be easy to learn

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nopes i read you correctly, yours was a complaint against c. andu wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:49:43 +0600 raditha dissanayake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: andu wrote: On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:40:31 -0500 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those weird function names are taken straight from

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread andu
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:14:19 -0500 Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Those weird function names are taken straight from C. Blame the inventors of C. PHP is partly intended to be easy to learn for C programmers. I'm wondering how many php users are C programmers... Can

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread andu
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:10:25 +0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nopes i read you correctly, yours was a complaint against c. Good thing you didn't take it as a complaint against you... andu wrote: On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:49:43 +0600 raditha dissanayake [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] First is the naming of functions (whoever was the illiterate one who invented them). [/snip] I remeber when andu got upset about RTFM, STFW, STFA...calling it insulting. Truth is andu complains a lot. I wonder about andu's age...well not really. Have a productive and pleasant day! --

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread andu
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:18:29 -0500 Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] First is the naming of functions (whoever was the illiterate one who invented them). [/snip] I remeber when andu got upset about RTFM, STFW, STFA...calling it insulting. Truth is andu complains a lot. I

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-18 Thread andu
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 15:40:31 -0500 Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those weird function names are taken straight from C. Blame the inventors of C. PHP is partly intended to be easy to learn for C programmers. I'm wondering how many php users are C programmers... Can only blame the php

Re: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-18 Thread Dan Anderson
I'm wondering how many php users are C programmers... Can only blame the php inventors for using a bad model. C and C++ were the first languages I learned and I think that it's a terrific model. So powerful. But many C/C++ programmers aren't able to code properly (or accident prone, or code