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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by guccimane on Friday April 20, 2012 @12:49AM (#3866537)
I don't see what all the fuss is. A good craftsman could build a house no matter what hammer he chooses. Don't be such a snob about insisting that hammers must have heads to drive nails, just because all the hammers you've used before happened to have them.
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by tptacek on Friday April 20, 2012 @12:53AM (#3866544)
For that matter, why do they even need handles? Primitive ape-men just used big rocks as their tools. If it's good enough for the ape-men...!
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by Roboprog on Friday April 20, 2012 @01:02AM (#3866566)
Hey, you read the article that inspired the artifact! linked...
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by jrockway on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:43AM (#3866779)
A rock would be too simple; this is PHP, after all.

(Where's my NailDriverDeviceFactoryModuleImpl?)

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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by wladimir on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:48AM (#3866785)
You're confused with Java. In PHP it is simple, just counter-intuitive and set up to mislead you. It would look like a rock but turn into a viscous liquid as soon as you try to hit the nail and the nails get stuck in it.
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by lloeki on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:12AM (#3866827)
Sounds like a description of a non-newtonian fluid, like maize flour mixed with water (which you can compact in your hand but liquefies when thrown), or quicksand.
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by wtracy on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:56AM (#3866795)
In Java it would be:

DeviceFactoryFactory().createDeviceFactory().getNailDriverDeviceFactoryModuleImpl();

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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by angusgr on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:15AM (#3866835)
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com.au/2006/03/execution-in-king... For the lack of a nail, throw new HorseshoeNailNotFoundException("no nails!");
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by johnrob on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:01AM (#3866804)
I once watched an ape-man try to use modern tools. He didn't get anything done, because he spent all his time trying to figure out how to use them. Simple people need simple tools. We thus can't complain about the existence of such tools.
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by TeMPOraL on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:21AM (#3866852)
Where did you see an actual ape-man?
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by Ralith on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:53AM (#3866919)
A PHP conference, perhaps? :D
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by gaius on Friday April 20, 2012 @07:11AM (#3867345)
More likely at a Rails conference ;-)
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by chris_wot on Friday April 20, 2012 @01:28AM (#3866614)
I'll have you know that a good Ape man doesn't need a stick. He uses his eye-socket!
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by wyck on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:10AM (#3866708)
My hammer makes your hammer look ..well. ape-ish, http://i.imgur.com/R5CwZ.jpg
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by polynomial on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:24AM (#3866744)
Fixed. http://i.imgur.com/CO1tv.png
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by ricksta on Friday April 20, 2012 @03:55AM (#3866926)
thanks that gave me a laugh!
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by MartinCron on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:00AM (#3866685)
You had a great opportunity to use the word "peen" in context and you let it go. Shame.
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Re:An actual PHP hammer with the claw on both sides by DanWaterworth on Friday April 20, 2012 @02:37AM (#3866767)
The fuss is that good tools don't require you to be a prize-winning craftsman to do day-to-day things.
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