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Is there any programming language that changed so much as people that know the initial versions will not be able to understand the latest one? This is my impres
by AdrianB1 5y ago
Is there any programming language that changed so much as people that know the initial versions will not be able to understand the latest one? This is my impression about PHP and I cannot remember a single other such case. My memories go back to the 80's (Basic, Pascal, Cobol, SQL), I am not familiar with the current state of C, but my feeling is that the latest PHP and the original PHP share little more than the name.
- nobleach 5y agoIt's entirely possible. I wrote my last real PHP in 2014. Even then I was maintaining a very old app. I did write a quick API in Laravel back in 2017 just to see what all the fuss was about. And even then. PHP felt a LOT different. I keep an eye on the language and I'll admit, it's VERY far from what I originally used. That's a good thing.
- astrange 5y agoPerl changes a lot; I'd say C++ changes a lot, but they just constantly add stuff without removing much or caring how easy it is to make dangerous mistakes in it.