Re: Will PHP ever "grow up" and have threading?

Rene Veerman wrote:

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote:

Are you suggesting that you need to be a guru in C to write threaded C code? I think the word you're looking for is competent.

plz dont make me repeat myself, i've already indicated my reasons as to why i want to keep my codebase in 1 language,

The above comment did not address your codebase and 1 language issue. It addressed the assertion that you need a C guru to write threaded C code.

and why i would like to keep my large existing code base in php, and have php evolve with the times, and allow applications written in it to grow easily to large scale use. it would expand the user base of php as well i think.

I think I'm going to win the lottery some day... I think.

Are you suggesting cross platform thread libraries don't exist? I wonder how Apache does it... or MySQL... or any number of open source cross-platform systems. If they implement their own, then by the virtue of the source being open, you can feel free to incorporate.

adding all these things as custom extensions that are hard to maintain and increase software complexity, is not what i want. the reason i chose php is for it's simplicity of use.

Perhaps you should have chosen based on the functionality YOU want. PHP remains simple for a reason. I think this will be me last comment to you. Your responses don't stay on track, they keep leading back to your constant "I want, I want, I want" screams. Let's list a few:

    I want to use PHP.
    I want threading in PHP.
    I want someone else to do it.
    I want to not have to change my designs.
    I want everyone to stop having their own opinion.
    I want to have my cake and eat it too.

Ummm... so yeah... I can see why the discussion is mostly degenerative. Have you even subscribed to the internals list yet? Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP