Posted by Robert Cummings on 10/11/05 20:37

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 12:41, GamblerZG wrote:
> Recently, I asked my hosting provider when they are going to switch to
> PHP5. They replied that it will not happen any time soon, since they
> will install PHP5 only on new servers. Their reasoning was simple: PHP5
> will inevitably break some old scripts, and it's just not worh all the
> trouble. Such attitude is common, and it totally makes sence from a
> business perspective. That begs the question, why PHP developers are so
> worried about maintaining BC? There is a simple alternative:
>
> <?php //parse this with mod_php4
> function class_method($var){ }
> ?>
> <?php5 //parse this with mod_php5
> class clazz implements Something{
> function method($var) {
> }
> }
> ?>
>
> So what's the reasoning behind BC maintenanse?

Ummm, maybe your speaking alien, but could you clarify how that solves
the problem you are addressing?

Cheers,
Rob.
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