Syntax != semantics And, even with syntax, the singular part of the syntax that looks like C is the arrow for method calls. Everything else looks like Java, in

Syntax != semantics And, even with syntax, the singular part of the syntax that looks like C is the arrow for method calls. Everything else looks like Java, including the fact that you use `struct` to group data in C, not `class`. Also, you said C++ originally, not C. And PHP classes are NOTHING like C++ classes. They are everything like Java classes. You're just wrong about being inspired by C++. At least in its current form. Top level functions DO exist, admittedly. I just never see any libraries use them. I assume it's because the autoloader and composer work better with classes. What projects do you look at that use TLFs? Also, may I ask why you'd prefer them to static methods on classes (with private ctor). Isn't it less convenient to import them?