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Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 21:04:26 -0400
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Why are the PHP namespaces different compared to C++?
From: theanomaly.is@gmail.com (Sherif Ramadan)

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> I wasn't assuming. I was outright making a factual statement. I never
>> made any implications of the intellectual levels of those implementing
>> the spec. I understand the RFC full well and know why the design is
>> the way it is. I was answering the ops question. Please read what I
>> said before you make your own assumptions.
>
> Sorry, statements like "haphazard way", "never well designed", "it's a
> mess", "they don't really resemble namespaces", "just some fancy magic",
> etc. have nothing to do with facts. Actually, facts are exactly the
> opposite - they were designed, were extensively discussed with
> soliciting feedback from many stakeholders, and were implemented exactly
> as planned. You may not like the way there were implemented, that's your
> opinion (not a fact) and you are entitled to it. But you didn't limit
> yourself to saying "I don't like them". You specifically said that they
> were never well designed and haphazardly implemented. This is factually
> false.

Fair enough. I'll be more careful to separate my opinions from my
objective answers next time :)

>
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