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I recently killed all my PHP code in favor of Go. What finally convinced me is the Go package system. I like that Go has a builtin package manager, while I don
by svnpenn 6y ago
I recently killed all my PHP code in favor of Go.
What finally convinced me is the Go package system. I like that Go has a builtin package manager, while I dont think PHP does. I know about Composer, I just wonder. After all these years, why hasnt PHP incorporated a builtin package manager?
- nolok 6y agoYour question is weird, like a solution in search of a problem. So let me ask, what problem does composer have that you hope to see a builtin package manager solve (at the cost of losing its own dedicated team) ?
- skissane 6y agoWho knows, maybe one day Composer will be bundled with PHP. (And bundling Composer with PHP wouldn't necessarily mean that Composer would lose its own independent dev team.)
- jspaetzel 6y agoPHP developers have been very successfully using Composer for many years. It's actually quite nice having the package management decoupled from the language, there's fewer chances for breaking things between upgrades which helps slightly with long term support. Congrats on getting a package manager for Go!
- stunt 6y agoAs long as you got a strong package manager and good ecosystem around it everything is ok. Many languages don't have built-in package manager.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoI'm reflexively upvoting this because it's absurd to me it's grey even though I don't have a dog in the fight.