Re: Name of Next Release of PHP (again)

On 24 Jul 2014, at 01:47, m appu <mappu04@gmail.com> wrote: > Two quick points on the PHP6/7 discussion: Why aren’t you responding to the existing RFC discussion? > 1. There is an existing alternative PHP-compatible implementation called > PH7 available from http://ph7.symisc.net/. This may be very > confusing if > mainline PHP is called PHP 7. Some day there’s going to be a PHP 7, whether it’s the PHP NEXT we mean now or its successor, it can’t be helped. (Also, it might be a stretch to call PH7 “PHP-compatible”, it has some very big departures from actual PHP.) > 2. People may see the latest version of PHP 7, think that there have been > massive changes, and delay porting their code to new versions. Well, PHP NEXT probably will have some massive changes in it anyway. Surely “PHP 6” would be just as bad? -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/