Re: A List Apart: Articles: Prefix or Posthack

On 7/8/10 6:30 PM, Richard Fink wrote:
> That's a very bad bet, Boris. By the phrase "know what they're doing" I
> assume you really mean, "the risk that they're taking".

Yes.

> And if so, the prefixes provide a form of defensive coding that *everybody* benefits from,
> novice and master alike.

Yes.

> Why discourage experimentation by removing a safety net that costs so
> little?

What makes you think it costs little?  And are you sure you're not 
completely misunderstanding what I said?  Your comments sound like you 
are...

-Boris

Received on Friday, 9 July 2010 01:35:18 UTC