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It would be nice if they just reinvented PHP. Get the top 20 major frameworks behind them and fork it.
by Xdes 13y ago
It would be nice if they just reinvented PHP. Get the top 20 major frameworks behind them and fork it.
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- test1235 13y agoThat would probably result in the same situation as what we have with Python 2 and 3.
- acdha 13y agoThey're proposing essentially that: start at the 24th slide http://www.slideshare.net/zerutreck/taking-php-seriously-keith-adams http://www.slideshare.net/zerutreck/taking-php-seriously-kei... The smart part is that it's opt-in so you could gradually migrate a large project in-place. The only question would be whether they've broken compatibility with standard PHP or if it's simply stricter — it'd be really easy to get major projects to switch if it was like JavaScript's "use strict" where you can develop in strict mode but run on a legacy runtime.
- Xdes 13y agoI'll have to take a look at the Hack language. I've always wanted to try PHP, but I've always been deterred by the cruft (same reason I avoid Java).