Re: [PHP-DEV] 3.0.10 From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 06/20/99

On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 08:03:44PM -0400, Jim Winstead wrote:
> On Jun 21, Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > > I don't know. How to build an abstraction on top of differing
> > > implementations of similar interfaces? How to reduce the amount
> > > of clutter the abstraction introduces? To just implement it
> > > and let people discover after the fact how cool it is, like
> > > Sascha did with the dbm abstraction layer?
> >
> > Care to elaborate? DBA wasn't intended to replace dbm, it was
> > thought to complement the dbm stuff. Do I need to remind you that
> > it was _your_ suggestion to replace dbm with DBA?
>
> I know. I was just pointing that you just went ahead and implemented
> something, without getting all twisted up in discussion about what
> to do. I keep wishing someone would do that with the SQL database
> abstraction layer.

"Twisted up" is funny. I tried to start a discussion at least
twice on this list, but noone seemed to be interested in it.

Talk about "sexiness" of particular areas/code... 

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          Regards,

                            Sascha Schumann
                                 Consultant

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