Re: I've some doubts if I should go with 5.2 or go already with 5.3 (for a course)
| From: | Per Jessen | Date: | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:53:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: I've some doubts if I should go with 5.2 or go already with 5.3 (for a course) | ||
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Robert Cummings wrote:
> Per Jessen wrote:
>>>
>>> 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 :-)
>
> Revolutionary, no. Major changes for PHP, yes! Major shifts in
> development practices for PHP... it depends on who you are or where
> you work, but certainly some of these will mark changes in development
> for many people.
Yes, I do see that - it won't mean much to my own PHP development, which
is probably clouding my view.
/Per
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Per Jessen, Zürich (13.4°C)