Re: Obsession with BC

From: Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:51:58 +0000
Subject: Re: Obsession with BC
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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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