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Post by John Cartwright »

pickle wrote:
lafflin wrote:Programming has to do with working with code that directly manipulates file systems...or so I've heard.
*ahem* PHP Filesystem functions

Whoever told you PHP wasn't a programming language wasn't aware of what PHP is capable of.
and here I thought all php could do is output html.. :(
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PHP, Javascript, and perl are all Turing Complete.
HTML is not.

That's what makes php a programming language and html/xml a markup language.
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We shouldn't discuss religion here. And that's what it is when you start arguing about what is or is not considered "programming." If you BELIEVE it's programming, then it IS! Ask a dozen programmers whether PHP is a programming language and you will get 15 answers. You got my interest up, so I googled it and found a pretty good definition at the Harvard University Cyber Law web site, which sounds like it ought to be pretty authoritative, huh?
programming - the act of creating software or some other set of instructions for a computer.
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Post by volka »

mrkite wrote:PHP, Javascript, and perl are all Turing Complete.
HTML is not.

That's what makes php a programming language and html/xml a markup language.
/signed
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Post by lafflin »

Ok, then from this I'll take that php is programming. Personally I'll call what I'm doing programming to people who wouldn't know what I was talking about if I were to say scripting. I have to go learn about file system functions now!
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Well, when you think about it, a programming language is a language that can create programs. PHP can.
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Post by lafflin »

So I guess we're not going to find out what the original issue was that got this post going in the first place?

Well hope everything worked out for ya guy.

If your boss is that much of a jerk then consider getting him with a chicken-milk bomb. Whats that you say? place a raw drumstick in a pickle or mayonaise jar, fill half way with milk, secure lid. hide well. After a few weeks the gases created from decaying contents force the lid open. The smell can only be described as macabre. Since it takes a few weeks for the bomb to detonate you'll have the opportunity to abort mission in the event that your nemisis makes good with you. This is not recomended if you work in the same office. Be advised this smell will make people sick, and your office will likely get the rest of the day off or untill the bomb is found and disposed of, at which time professional will need be called in for cleaning. Chicken-milk bombs are serious and should not be used as pranks on friends or family, but only on people that you really wish hell upon.

I offer this solution because I probably wouldn't be able to help fix your code if you did post it.
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