I think Sean is talking about creating an application server _in PHP_.
I understood that.
My chicken and egg comment was this logic:
Marcus: the reason we don't need this is because we don't have [an application server] that would require it.
Sean: the reason we need it is because I'd like to develop [an application server]
Where [...] could be anything.
I understand the common use of PHP. Do we expect PHP to grow into a general purpose language? (if not, then I think I misunderstand the CLI SAPI).
S