Re: [PHP-DEV] codenames (Was:Preview version of Zend Engine 2 powered PHP)

[Dave Mertens]

> > > > Codenames are cool, but using our own names is no-so-cool.  We should
> > > > pick a theme though, but please not Australian wildlife (we're already
> > > > using that for the alltheweb.com frontend ;-).
> > 
> > -1 on code names at all.
> > 
> > What came first woody or potatoe?  You can't tell from the name.  There
> > is no doubt 4.2.0 is newer than 4.1.6.  Why introduce unneeded
> > ambiguity for those who don't follow PHP closely.
> 
> Oh come on... some people just don't have any sense of humur at all. Of 
> couurse we wouldn't remove the version numbers altogether.

I agree with that! Codenames are also more handy for programmers that for end users. 
And codenames are also easier in general conversations. 
It's easier to refer to codenames that to version numbers in real life. Why did you 
think that Microsoft called Windows 'XP' and not Windows 6.0?? Why do we use domain 
names and not IP's. Simple.. Names are much easier to remember than numbers.
But on the otherhand, codenames are mostly only used by commercial companies. There 
are only a few *nix projects that have codenames.

But he, that only my view on the world  ;-)

Dave

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Re: [PHP-DEV] codenames (Was:Preview version of Zend Engine 2 powered PHP)

[Dave Mertens]

> >   PHP 4.1.0 was released on Derick's birthday, so it should've been
> >   ''Codename Derick'', ... :-)
>
> Codenames are cool, but using our own names is no-so-cool.  We should
> pick a theme though, but please not Australian wildlife (we're already
> using that for the alltheweb.com frontend ;-).
> 
> What about the cities and towns developers live in?

Why not beernames? And for each major version we can take another country that 
produces beer. For the 4.x series we could take for example German beernames and for 
the 5.x series Belgium names.
I didn't mention Dutch beers because that would seem a bit lik ego tripping  ;-)

Dave

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RE: [PHP-DEV] codenames (Was:Preview version of Zend Engine 2 powered PHP)

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Addressed to: "Lukas Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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** Reply to note from "Lukas Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:45:13 +0100
>   
> > >
> > >   PHP 4.1.0 was released on Derick's birthday, so it should've been
> > >   ''Codename Derick'', ... :-)
> >=20
> > Codenames are cool, but using our own names is no-so-cool.  We should
> > pick a theme though, but please not Australian wildlife (we're already
> > using that for the alltheweb.com frontend ;-).

-1 on code names at all.

What came first woody or potatoe?  You can't tell from the name.  There
is no doubt 4.2.0 is newer than 4.1.6.  Why introduce unneeded
ambiguity for those who don't follow PHP closely.


Rick

Rick Widmer
Internet Marketing Specialists
http://www.developersdesk.com

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RE: [PHP-DEV] codenames (Was:Preview version of Zend Engine 2 powered PHP)

[Lukas Smith]

> >
> >   PHP 4.1.0 was released on Derick's birthday, so it should've been
> >   ''Codename Derick'', ... :-)
> 
> Codenames are cool, but using our own names is no-so-cool.  We should
> pick a theme though, but please not Australian wildlife (we're already
> using that for the alltheweb.com frontend ;-).
> 
> What about the cities and towns developers live in?

very good suggestion
I like it

Best regards,
Lukas Smith
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