Posted by GamblerZG on 10/12/05 00:51

Richard Davey wrote:
> You either code for PHP4 or you code for 5.

That's exactly my point.

> Backwards compatibility doesn't slow down the evolution of a language

Not true. Quite a few of the discussions of new features and even some
bugfixes end up on "can't be done because of BC".

> And if PHP
> was to totally change its language structure on every new version, I
> can't think of too many people that would continue using it.

Did I say something about totally changing the language structure? Where?

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