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		stevencorona on July 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Here’s to the PHP Misfits Agree. PHP is the only language where one looks for "snippets" instead of libraries. It's gross.

jiggy2011 on July 17, 2012 | [–]

It wouldn't be so bad if standard practise was to put them in a separate files/folders with the original authors header left on with a link back to where it was downloaded.

Instead I tend to find the same POS code repeated 20 times in the codebase.

astrodust on July 17, 2012 | [–]

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