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Subject: Setting a few basic standards
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

I've been watching the discussion on GMP more out of idle curiosity as BC Math 
fits much better when I actually need anything larger than 64bit numbers.

http://phpsurgery.org/wiki/What+is+a+number is still messy not just for the 
simple text, but also I'm still trying to get a proper handle on the modern 
themeing libraries.

The intention here is to provide a tutorial on how things are done in PHP from a 
user view and which can be a base for discussion on how things can be simplified 
moving forward. The text is rambling a bit, but hopefully provides a few 
alternate observations on where things can be tidied up. I make no apology for 
the 'Firebird' bias, but it does show where the underlying infrastructure can be 
at odds with the choices made in PHP.

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Lester Caine - G8HFL
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