> As I’ve programmed in various capacities and looked at hundreds of thousands of lines of code over the years, I’ve never once thought to myself how the task w

> As I’ve programmed in various capacities and looked at hundreds of thousands of lines of code over the years, I’ve never once thought to myself how the task would have been easier if that supposed missing feature were truly there. I think we've got a Blubber here. > Ah, reply the nay-sayers, you only think that way because you have never known Feature X and how it could help. To which one must reply: hogwash. [...] If having Feature X really would make my web application development significantly easier, somebody would have already written a language or environment that used it. Supporting Feature X is one thing; supporting it in a way that makes it worthwhile to use is another. PHP's anonymous functions are a perfect example.