On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:52:23AM +0200, Chris wrote: > On Tuesday, 13 August 2013 at 01:00:12 UTC, deadalnix wrote: [...] > >Rewind history back to early 2000 and you'll understand. At the > >time, PHP was the best solution (which says more about how bad the > >situation was than how great PHP was :D). > > True, true. There weren't many options back in the day. But that's > no excuse for bad or absurd language design. $asolutely $no $need > $to $have $a $syntax $like $this => > > At least it does its job ok.
I honestly don't understand what's so bad about using $ for variables. That has nothing to do with PHP's *real* design flaws, which are many and varied. To fixate on $ only hides the real problems, described here: http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ Note that using $ for variables isn't listed there. T -- "I suspect the best way to deal with procrastination is to put off the procrastination itself until later. I've been meaning to try this, but haven't gotten around to it yet. " -- swr