As opposed to instance (or object) variables. The PHP terminology calls them class functions and object functions. I think I picked up "instance variables" from Smalltalk.
Putting aside any potential puns, that is.
Wade.
Tilting at windmills: classes vs objects
- (drewk)
- (35)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:26:04 PM EST
Er, no.
- (admin)
- (14)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:35:32 PM EST
Well ...
- (drewk)
- (11)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:41:28 PM EST
They're wrong.
- (admin)
- (9)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:49:05 PM EST
I'd say parallel development
- (drewk)
- (5)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:50:21 PM EST
I dispute that claim
- (tuberculosis)
- (1)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:13:16 PM EST
Exactly.
- (mmoffitt)
- Jan. 26, 2005, 08:51:54 AM EST
History of PHP in question
- (tablizer)
- (2)
- Jan. 15, 2005, 03:57:57 AM EST
PHP started as less then a scripting language
- (JayMehaffey)
- (1)
- Jan. 15, 2005, 08:16:52 PM EST
Them 'er fightin' words
- (tablizer)
- Jan. 16, 2005, 02:10:29 AM EST
I think PHP's upgrades are just practical.
- (static)
- (2)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:15:54 AM EST
By "class variables" you mean "static" class variables?
-NT
- (drewk)
- (1)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:18:47 AM EST
Er, yes.
- (static)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:39:01 AM EST
What to say if someone says that...
- (ben_tilly)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 10:43:01 AM EST
Nit
- (dshellman)
- (1)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 10:53:33 AM EST
Actually, that's not a nit
- (admin)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 10:58:38 AM EST
a class is a type of object
- (daemon)
- (2)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 10:44:44 PM EST
It's tables all the way down. :-)
- (ChrisR)
- (1)
- Jan. 12, 2005, 11:51:51 PM EST
ICLRPD (new thread)
- (Steve Lowe)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:07:45 AM EST
Very astute observation
- (tuberculosis)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 12:10:32 PM EST
Re: Tilting at windmills: classes vs objects
- (systems)
- (15)
- Jan. 24, 2005, 06:50:48 PM EST
I suspected that programming would eventually converge
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 25, 2005, 03:04:32 AM EST
Do you honestly believe that this is from TCL???
- (ben_tilly)
- (13)
- Jan. 25, 2005, 09:21:46 AM EST
Amen
- (broomberg)
- Jan. 25, 2005, 08:20:59 PM EST
Re: Do you honestly believe that this is from TCL???
- (systems)
- (11)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 02:55:04 AM EST
think you had better be a developer
- (daemon)
- (3)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 09:07:03 AM EST
Funny; I was thinking the opposite ;)
-NT
- (FuManChu)
- (2)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 12:31:27 PM EST
Ive met lots of developers that have no clue
- (daemon)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 01:25:40 PM EST
Neither
- (broomberg)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 08:29:41 PM EST
Let me get this straight
- (ben_tilly)
- (5)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 08:48:42 PM EST
very loud VD (clap clap clap)
-NT
- (daemon)
- Feb. 2, 2005, 10:11:52 PM EST
Then let me elaborate
- (systems)
- (3)
- Feb. 3, 2005, 04:55:39 AM EST
"Systems", you should meet Bryce. Bryce, this is "Systems".
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Feb. 3, 2005, 05:42:13 AM EST
BTW, "Systems": Lay off the exclamation marks. Have some ...
- (CRConrad)
- Feb. 3, 2005, 05:45:25 AM EST
You sound like the Rincewind of programming
-NT
- (ben_tilly)
- Feb. 3, 2005, 11:20:52 AM EST
For scripting, TCL is poo.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- Feb. 3, 2005, 10:13:05 AM EST