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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