Re: I've some doubts if I should go with 5.2 or go already with 5.3 (for a course)

Robert Cummings wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: >> Manuel Aude wrote: >> >>> I'm giving a PHP course next semester (3 hours all saturdays for 22 >>> weeks) and I just realized that PHP 5.3 is coming very soon (2 days >>> now!). So, my plans of teaching PHP 5.2 are starting to change, and >>> I think it's a good idea to teach them 5.3 already. >> >> Does it _really_ matter which one? I can't imagine there are that >> many revolutionary changes in a dot-release. > > Given the naming of PHP versions of PHP-x.y.z, I would agree that not > much changes between versions at the .z level. But at the .y level > there are usually significant changes. > > Coming to a PHP 5.3 near you are the following notable features: > > - namespaces > - closures > - late static binding > - garbage collector to handle cyclic references > - PHAR > - goto I hadn't actually seen/studied the list, but apart from the goto, I don't consider any of those revolutionary :-) /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (13.8°C)