>It's interesting that I asked a simple technical question, and rather than just answering it,
Your question was:
Why is this bad? (referring to frankenarrays of PHP)
The summary of my answer was:
1. you can't easily tell the algorithmic complexity of most algorithms in PHP involving these "arrays"
2. naming something an array, that doesn't have the associated algorithmic complexity of an array, is misleading and hurts education, research and knowledge sharing.
I explained both these answers, with two examples:
1. Whats the order of complexity of adding an element in the middle of "an array" in PHP? (i'll answer: its undefined)
2. What would you think if PHP named a function a a variable, and a variable a function?
So, I did in detail answer you question.
> you threw in a slew of insults and opinions about PHP and PHP programmers.
It wasn't meant to be insulting. And the majority of my reply was a direct answer to your question. I think it was just a bit too broadly stated, for you to see the forest through the trees of my answer. And then i went off topic for your particular reply.
Your question was: Why is this bad? (referring to frankenarrays of PHP)
The summary of my answer was: 1. you can't easily tell the algorithmic complexity of most algorithms in PHP involving these "arrays" 2. naming something an array, that doesn't have the associated algorithmic complexity of an array, is misleading and hurts education, research and knowledge sharing.
I explained both these answers, with two examples: 1. Whats the order of complexity of adding an element in the middle of "an array" in PHP? (i'll answer: its undefined) 2. What would you think if PHP named a function a a variable, and a variable a function?
So, I did in detail answer you question.
> you threw in a slew of insults and opinions about PHP and PHP programmers.
It wasn't meant to be insulting. And the majority of my reply was a direct answer to your question. I think it was just a bit too broadly stated, for you to see the forest through the trees of my answer. And then i went off topic for your particular reply.
I hope I clarified it now.