Re: PHP True Async RFC

I will just put this picture here On Sat, Mar 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM Edmond Dantes <edmond.ht@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Colored functions completely preclude a possible future thread-based > implementation of concurrency. > > > > I can assure you that colored functions are neither part of this RFC nor *any > future ones* from me. And it's not because it's my decision it's rather > the language itself and the existing codebase that dictate the > implementation. Moreover, we already have extensive experience with Swoole, > where developers’ reactions are well known. And Swoole is essentially PHP + > coroutines. > > I can recall the maintainer’s words from memory: it turned out that > developers don’t want to use special functions instead of standard ones. > > I can confirm this from my own experience. For example, adapting a library > for RabbitMQ required changing only 10-20 lines, and overall, it worked > quickly without tests. > > The true strength of any language is not in its syntax. The main strength > is its infrastructure. > Even if a language is poor in terms of development quality, if it has a > massive infrastructure, people will use it. > > --- > > Ed. > -- Iliya Miroslavov Iliev i.miroslavov@gmail.com