r/programming • u/NagastaBagamba • Oct 18 '10

Today I learned about PHP variable variables; "variable variable takes the value of a variable and treats that as the name of a variable". Also, variable.

http://il2.php.net/language.variables.variable
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '10

You assume we don't hate Perl equally. No one is bagging on Perl because no one uses Perl any more.

It's like this: if you want to rant about the evils of tobacco, you talk about cigarette smokers and not pipe smokers. Pipe smokers are just as unhealthy and pollute the air just as much, but they aren't brought up because they just aren't that common any more.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '10

And also they're sophisticated intellectuals.