Re: Re: internals Digest 23 Nov 2013 16:10:48 -0000 Issue 3139

From: Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 21:59:14 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: internals Digest 23 Nov 2013 16:10:48 -0000 Issue 3139
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> > Given that COBOL, FORTRAN, PERL and PYTHON all do it right
> > associative, I expect that total lines of code is on the right
> > associative side if you count all code and not just web sites (the
> > code bases for COBOL, FORTRAN and PERL are giant).
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> I feel either PHP does its own thing or it gets cues from other web
> languages.
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> I think I have demonstrated that a clear majority of the current
> production web code that supports the feature does it
> left-associative.
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> And a staggering majority of the current web code, period (thus
> including PHP, JS, and C#) either doesn't support the feature *or*
> does it left-associative.
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> -- S.
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I think you are overestimating the market share of the languages supporting
your argument while downplaying those which aren't.

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Ferenc Kovács
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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