Re: Function caching...

André Langhorst wrote: > > > But it should be. Will you please accept that PHP has being used > > for large and complex projects for some years now, and that > > there is considerable demand for such solutions? Will your > > company please accept that it is catering to a market that > > demands scalability? > > I agree with Kristian, Ulf, Björn and numerous others. What PHP > originally was designed for and what it is now is not the same. I have > had similar problems using PHP for complex applications (in fact I have > started to design a simple "function caching" function too a year before > or so), while my problems were based on reference/OO implementation > limitations. A kind of "strong typed OO" extension on top of the current > situation already has been discussed and IIRC it was considered reasonable. There is Java. And there is Python. And ObjectiveC, SmallTalk, Eiffel, Pike and whatnot. Trying to make PHP into a strongly typed real OO language means spending a few years reinventing what Java and Python have had for years. If that's really what you need, write yourself an XML-RPC or CORBA-based application server in Java instead. - Stig