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It's really annoying whenever anyone declares a widely used platform as dead. PHP, like most things, has a lifecycle. If we know anything about scripting langu
by elbrodeur 15y ago
It's really annoying whenever anyone declares a widely used platform as dead.
PHP, like most things, has a lifecycle. If we know anything about scripting languages, they're incredibly resilient. PERL, for instance -- a language nearly 25 years old -- seems to be updated with less frequency than PHP, but continues to be used and developed. Not just to maintain legacy infrastructure, but to build new products.
Even if we're witnessing the sunset of PHP's development -- which I doubt is the case -- it'll be a very long time before it dies.
- apl 15y ago> PERL, for instance -- a language nearly 25 years old -- > seems to be updated with less frequency than PHP, While there was a discernible lull in the mid-2000s, development of Perl 5 is in surprisingly good shape right now. Also, it's not an acronym.