Posted by Gary L. Burnore on 02/12/06 03:11

On 11 Feb 2006 15:30:02 -0800, "comp.lang.php"
<phillip.s.powell@gmail.com> top posted like an ignorant moron and
wrote:

>That's why they invented technical specs..

That makes very little sense.

>
>Phil
>
>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Tim Roberts wrote:
>> > "Drakazz" <tikras@hakeris.co.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Of anything, i suggest that you don't use <?= , etc. use ONLY <?php
>> >>echo (date()); ?>
>> >
>> >
>> > Why? <?= reads better, and there's no particular performance penalty.
>>
>> Until you need to move to a host which has short tags disabled - and you
>> need to go back and change all your code.

This makes perfect sense. How one can claim that <?= "reads better"
as a good reason to lose portability is beyond me. Too lazy to type
two more characters may be a more logical reason to use <?=.

Writing code knowing that <?php is portable but still using <?= is a
good sign of a bad programmer. That and commenting would be things
I'd look for when looking at example code to decide if a coder is
worth hiring.


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