Re: [PHP-LANG] Re: Legal variable names

> >     Do I understand you correctly that your explanation is
> >     "because we can"?
>
> Sascha,
>
> Again, *YES*, unless it's a blunt bug, then 'because we can' is exactly the
> right reasoning.  Why is it legal to write a for loop in PHP?  I'll tell
> you why, because if you do it, it'll work.  That's no different.
>
> >    Regardless, the above construct seems to be valid since PHP
> >     3, so it will be part of the specification.
>
> Do you realize that your explanation is identical to that of Andre? :)

    Backwards compatibility vs. engineer's "because we can".

    I don't see how those two criterias are equal.

    - Sascha