Re: Resurrecting the Function Renaming Thread
| From: | Andrei Zmievski | Date: | Wed, 07 Feb 2001 19:41:55 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Resurrecting the Function Renaming Thread | ||
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2001, Karl Austin wrote:
> I know that the language should not alienate existing users, but without new
> users the language will die, without new users the language will not spread,
> without ease of use the language will not get to the masses.
I'd just like to mention that PHP seems to be doing fine as far as new
users are concerned - look at the growth rate.. So, the argument
of "new users will not _get_ the language" doesn't seem too strong to
me.
-Andrei
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