[wp-hackers] PHP5

[Joost de Valk]

OMG, did I really start this? :)

My perspective: Matt isn't god, but he decides in these matters, I  
just want to hear his verdict :)

On Jan 30, 2009, at 10:06 PM, Jacob Santos wrote:

> Lets list the reasons for and against going PHP5:
>
> Against:
>
> 1. Matt Mullenweg be hating PHP5 and he be the God. (Hail Satan!)
> 2. It would leave out 40% of current users (from last posted  
> statistics from last year).
> 3. Did I mention Matt Mullenweg not liking PHP5? Okay, good.
>
> For:
>
> 1. PHP5 is faster than PHP4 (Most benchmarks of PHP 5.2.x show  
> considerable improvement, PHP5.3 is so much faster than PHP4, that  
> they didn't even attempt to compare it).
> 2. PHP5 has PDO, and mysqli.
> 3. PHP5.3 has namespaces!
> 4. PHP5.3 has closures! No more create_function nonsense, you'll be  
> able to actually create a real lambda and closure for usage in  
> preg_replace_callback().
> 5. PHP5 has better object oriented support, re: visibility, true  
> static methods and members, class constants.
> 6. PHP5 has OO chaining: $obj->this()->shit()->is()->awesome();
> 7. Actually being worked on actively (PHP4 is EOL early last year  
> and no updates for about 8 months now).
>
> So I mean, supporting PHP4 only really has one reason for going for  
> it and PHP5 has many reason!
>
> Jacob Santos
>
>
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