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nonononononono, please dont missunderstand. i am not saying that efficiency is not important. it is absolutely possible, easy even, to write bad/bloated code. you can do it with oo. you can do it without oo. my point about optimizing the sql did not mean to say that the code is not important. but co...

.... It's a well know/understood that OOP performance is below Procedural, a google search would help you there. ...... yeah. and it is well known/understood that all blonds are stupid. a google search would help you there. for years it was "well know/understood" that interpreted language...

would greatly appreciate a reference to any comment by zeev that using classes hinders performance. i believe what you heard zeev say is that php4 "oo" implementation is incomplete and leaves a lot to be desired. that doesnt necessarily mean performance. of course, i am not part of phpbb d...

...... phpBB seem to like compatibility (rightly so!), so it would be hard to use php5s new object model because you would stop any off the php4 users using it. prediction: by the time phpbb3 will come out php4 compatability will be a marginal issue :lol: more seriously, i think it is a stretch to ...

theamazingTWOeyedman wrote: The OOP functions of PHP are not very good (even in php5) and they do, like in every other language, slow down performance (just look at java!).

hate to begin a flamewar, but, my friend, you are clueless.

....the real thing is that I have been developing forum softwares for the past few years. I generally find the best way to learn (for me) is to look t a small contained batch of code, such as what you might find on a tutorial or an example of a good way to go about doing things. I have looked into ...

Help im at a loss I am loving this new version of phpBB3 but im stuck between whether to wait for the final release or go out and buy vbulletin? What u think?? i doubt these are the only 2 viable options, but if they are, and if you want your forum up in a predictable timeframe, its a no-brainer. w...

thx for the clarification.

..... I already have ... or does a response from the former dev team leader, current CTO/co-CEO and single largest contributor of source to all phpBB projects not count :P and :D ????????? psotfx, this is news to me. i thought phpbb was an open source project. is there a corporation associated with...

thx for the response. i dont see the "subscribe" link in this topic, and i dont recall pressing the "subscribe" link in any topic in the past, yet i received an email. when going back to the topic, i couldnt find the "unsubscribe" link. the email itself DID contain an &...