Re: RIP PHP 4?

From: Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:28:46 +0000
Subject: Re: RIP PHP 4?
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On Wednesday 11 July 2007, Jeff Griffiths wrote: > If you're writing an app that does a lot of json or xml parsing or > output, *even if you don't use the class keyword anywhere in your own > code* PHP5 is a better language than PHP4. Drupal is a great example of > this because even though Drupal doesn't use classes, many Drupal devs > want to use PHP5 features in Drupal core. Right Larry? > > JeffG I think the proper term is "chomping at the bit". :-) I don't know if Drupal 7 will stay class-free (I'm hoping to move it to PDO, which means at least some classes), but even without that a lot of people are giddy. :-) -- Larry Garfield AIM: LOLG42 larry@garfieldtech.com ICQ: 6817012 "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it." -- Thomas Jefferson

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