Re: PHP True Async RFC Stage 5
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:59:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP True Async RFC Stage 5 | ||
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On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, at 2:32 AM, Edmond Dantes wrote:
> So...
> I’m convinced that PHP should remain a high-level language with a
> built-in runtime (at least as long as it’s interpreted).
> Attempts to create a “backdoor” in the language to let libraries
> implement what should be written in C bring no benefit to PHP users.
In concept, I agree. Which is part of why I want to see an Async RFC that goes even higher than the
current one, not lower. :-)
But that is separate from the question of whether it's possible to build on Fibers, rather than
effectively deprecate them in practice if not in name.
--Larry Garfield