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True, PHP never made a clean break with its legacy, unlike Python. That’s not positive.

• Can_Not 7y ago
  PHP consistently deprecates old features at a steady, manageable pace while introducing new features and performance enhancements.
  • reallydude 7y ago
    > PHP consistently deprecates old features at a steady, manageable pace Manageable is subjective. There's no evidence that it's "just right" or even "timely". Major API cleanup would be appropriate for php 8 but there's still too many people clinging to the idea that PHP would be damaged because someone can't look up how to solve PHP problems with specific versions (ie are stuck in the late 90s). There's so much that could be done in one fell swoop, the steering council of neckbeards (PHP neckbeards are as bad as it sounds) are responsible for the stunted development of the language. To suggest they are the progressive face of PHP is, at best, revisionist.
    • Can_Not 7y ago
      Steady might mean too slow, but there's no 2/3 schism. There's plenty of features in the docs that say at the top "deprecated in x, removed in y, see also alternative z", so I'm unsure of what problem you're referring to.
    • fetbaffe 7y ago
      What would a major API cleanup actually give except for major breakage?