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The people who wanted strong static typing have already left PHP. I don't think they're catering to their userbase.
by maxk42 7y ago
The people who wanted strong static typing have already left PHP. I don't think they're catering to their userbase.
- probablybroken 7y agoThe PHP base is huge, I've known many good PHP developers who prefer stricter implementations, but work with PHP because they get paid to, and because they know the language and libraries end up using it for new projects. This proposal provides a gradual migration path for those users, and makes adoption a lot more likely.
- muglug 7y agoA lot of people can't easily leave PHP, because they work at companies that use it. Tools like [Psalm](https://psalm.dev https://psalm.dev), [Phan](https://github.com/phan/phan https://github.com/phan/phan) and [PHPStan](https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan) have cropped up to help users deal with PHP's slight type system.
- paulddraper 7y agoMaybe not their current userbase. But things are always changing.