What's the meaning of the PHP token name T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM?
history, php
Solution
From the PHP docs:
Paamayim Nekudotayim would, at first, seem like a strange choice for naming a double-colon. However, while writing the Zend Engine 0.5 (which powers PHP 3), that's what the Zend team decided to call it. It actually does mean double-colon - in Hebrew!
Problem
What's the story behind the `::`'s sometimes token name ``` T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM ``` I'm mainly interested in knowing if - This is an abbreviation for something else. - This is a phrase in a language other than English, and if so what's the language and what's a rough translation. - This is some obscure-to-me programming term. - Drunk developers.