Re: Why PHP4?

> Sorry to disagree, That's nothing to apologise for. > But I think that with PHP4 a lot of people start thinking that they could be > programmers (maybe they can, developers it's another story). When php5 came > they didn't know how do deal with the deprecated methods and worst, some > hosters didn't know how to virtualize a f1ck1n' server with Apache+PHP5. A > lot of mistakes were made when php5 came out but how can a language grow up > when they DEPRECATE the syntax? we're not talking about removing the last That's not the problem of the PHP developers. Learning is not a case of spend a few years doing it and you're set - it's a life long thing. > Maybe I'm in a "GET LOST PHP" phase but I think that someone is killing it, > and the ones who are stuck in 4 are not helping. There are alternatives - have you heard of Brainfuck? > When U write code, U must not be worried 'bout the next upgrade of your > server! Of course you should. Writing code with every eventuality in mind is simply ludicrous. And you really should expect things to change when major versions are changed - that's why release notes exist. -- Richard Heyes http://www.phpguru.org