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

FW: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread Jay Blanchard
I will definitely agree that there are a few inconsistencies in the function naming... more than likely due to the many many contributors, and a lack of strict naming conventions. Never quite understood (for example) why half of the string based functions are named str* and the other half

Re: FW: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread David Otton
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:15:00 -0500, you wrote: I will definitely agree that there are a few inconsistencies in the function naming... more than likely due to the many many contributors, and a lack of strict naming conventions. My pet hate: bool array_walk (array, function) array array_map

Re: FW: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote Jay Blanchard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I will definitely agree that there are a few inconsistencies in the function naming... more than likely due to the many many contributors, and a lack of strict naming conventions. Actually there is a scrict nameing convetion. Never quite

RE: FW: [PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-19 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Um.. is it jay or justin or both? This kind of confused me :) [/snip] Justin inadvertently did not reply to all and instead sent the e-mail directly to me as a response. I forwarded it to the list and should have noted that. Although I do have days where I feel as if I am someone else,

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

[PHP] pop3 functions

2003-08-16 Thread andu
Someone asked for the pop3 functions I put togather (lost your message), please contact me off list, It works fine with my server but no guaranties though there should be no problems. I take the opportunity to express my 2 major problems I found with php in the 2 months I've been using it. First