RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Hold off 5.4

> that's the crowd I referenced to. The users I discuss too, in locale conference, > UG, enterprises, etc. never heard or only vaguely about php6. Or they heard > about it while seeing a book called "PHP 6 and mysql 6" or something stupid > like that ;). I've yet to meet someone in the last few years who knew about the PHP 6 project, and wasn't aware it was about unicoding PHP... People care about the roadmap of the products they're using. I'm not sure why you would think that the multi-year flagship version of PHP would remain a best-kept-secret. If you google for "PHP 6" it's clear beyond a reasonable doubt.. > >  I've received countless questions about it from Japanese and Chinese > users.  It's out there.  If I had to bet based on my experience with users, > there are a lot more people that know what PHP 6 was supposed to be than > people who know its plans were scrapped. > > Same here, and that's one of the pandora box I want to open again. > Only not now, but not necessary in 2 years either. Hence the importance of > the RFC and clear, transparent process first. Given what I know about why we failed, and what alternatives exist, I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm too old to say it'll never happen, but I think I can say with a very high degree of confidence the chances of it happening within the next two years are very slim. Zeev