Posted by James Barrett on 10/03/07 13:09

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macca wrote:
>
>
>> Incorrect translation: You should never use short tags, and you should
>> go around telling everyone else not to use them.
>
>
> My first first explanation was not a translation of my second post.
>
> My first post gave you a different (all be it correct) reason not to
> use short tags whilst, since you were still arguing the point, I gave
> you another reason, straight from the php.ini file comments.
>
> And yes...You SHOULD never use short tags (just because you can, for
> backwards compatability reasons does not mean you should. IT IS BAD
> PRACTICE)
>
> And yes...You SHOULD go around telling everyone else not to use them
> also.
>
> P.S - I apologise for being rude, however there is no excuse for being
> stubborn about your coding practices. When you are proven wrong,
> swallow your pride and change your ways - otherwise you'll be a shite
> coder forever.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>

It sounds like the kid is getting confused with how these scripts are
processed. Web servers process many different types of files, not just
php. Then he mentions something about C precompile directives. Again, he
is getting confused, because C code is compiled into an executable
binary and will never be processed as a shell interpreter, so the '#' is
never in conflict.
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