Re: Changing fundamental language behaviors

On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 6:54 PM Chase Peeler <chasepeeler@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 1:33 PM Matthew Brown <matthewmatthew@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > What if Java suddenly said that all properties are suddenly private, and > >> can only be accessed through getter/setter methods? > >> > > > > If Java announced that the next major version was to make the change > after > > 95% of userland developers favoured it and over 2/3rds of their internals > > team did, I'd think "huh ok I guess they have good reasons". > > > > > I call shenanigans on that 95% number. Can you please back that up? > Personally, I don't think it's even possible to gauge userland > support because the vast majority of userland developers aren't involved in > the community at all. Those people don't even know this is being discussed, > and probably won't until they start looking to upgrade to PHP 8. > > I'm sure you need to read the message properly before replying, he ain't talking about PHP there... Even 95% can be called anything(of users who are involved in the community, who knows, who are actual users, etc) > > > For 20 years people have developed code based on that feature. It was > >> never considered an error, and often not even considered bad practice > > > > > > You seem to be arguing against *ever* changing something that a majority > > once thought was good, and fundamental to a given system. Lots of things > > fall into that category - restricting voting to men, segregation, etc. > > > >> > > -- > Chase Peeler > chasepeeler@gmail.com >