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PHP: a fractal of bad design (fuzzy notepad)

PHP: a fractal of bad design (fuzzy notepad)

Posted May 7, 2012 15:04 UTC (Mon) by rev (guest, #15082)
In reply to: PHP: a fractal of bad design (fuzzy notepad) by apoelstra
Parent article: PHP: a fractal of bad design (fuzzy notepad)

Agreed. One of the reasons C should be avoided like the plague.


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PHP: a fractal of bad design (fuzzy notepad)

Posted May 8, 2012 8:49 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

It's when you find yourself using addition, subtraction, or (size_t)pow() on the result of sizeof() that you really know you're playing with the big boys.

(I've done the first two, but so far have restrained myself from the insanity required for the third, preferring to multiply by hand. How plebeian.)

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