Re: Obsession with BC

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. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'