Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/12/07 13:10

Steve wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:VNqdnUb0dO53QnrbnZ2dnUVZ_uHinZ2d@comcast.com...
>> Steve wrote:
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:3_2dnRvfUIiaxXrbnZ2dnUVZ_o_inZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> Steve wrote:
>>>>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:MNHFi.2377$Sd4.1809@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>>>> Jim Carlock wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And I'm wondering why PHP says .net support = enabled where
>>>>>>> ..net is NOT installed. I'm baffled by this one. It appears PHP
>>>>>>> looks for one specific file and it exists, PHP declares .net
>>>>>>> enabled, but .net is actually at least a 50MB package of files
>>>>>>> which fill a few folders.
>>>>>> I seem to recall something from the docs in which the PHP folks
>>>>>> strangely note that this is just a place-holder for something they
>>>>>> hope to have PHP doing in the future.
>>>>> again, your recall is weak and with a little investigation on your
>>>>> part, you could keep yourself from embarasment. the documentation
>>>>> simply states that:
>>>>>
>>>>> ======
>>>>> This extension is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this extension --
>>>>> including the names of its functions and anything else documented about
>>>>> this extension -- may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
>>>>> Use this extension at your own risk.
>>>>>
>>>>> ======
>>>>>
>>>>> now, does that sound *ANYTHING* like what you just dribbled from your
>>>>> keyboard?
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's kinda like building a car with a sticker where the gas gauge
>>>>>> should be.
>>>>> more like an example of the twainian proverb:
>>>>>
>>>>> It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a
>>>>> fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
>>>>>
>>>>> which is what the bulk of your posts consist of...opening your yap and
>>>>> removing all doubt.
>>>> You should take your own advice, Steve. Sanders is more right about it
>>>> than you are.
>>> i usually do. so, in what way(s) is this so?
>> His comments like:
>>
>> "Those are all Microsoft thingies.
>> COM is the Component Object Model - a version of the Windows Foundation
>> Classes.
>> DCOM is distributed COM - a patchwork add-on of Win95 that was added
>> because when 95 came out, MS had not considered certain internet
>> implications.
>> .NET is MS's latest attempt to build an all-in-one,
>> everything-to-everybody architecture. "
>
> lol. wiki is not entirely accurate as you know...and proven by the above.
> having worked with all three from their inception, these definitions are
> either wildly understated or wildy incorrect. take your pick. if my
> explanation of each seems less correct/accurate than the above...what can i
> say?
>
>

Steve,

Nothing to do with wiki's. I've also worked on them since their
inception. And they are pretty accurate.

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