PHP direction? (Was: RE: PHP 4.0.0Release packaged)

> > > But lets move on. I talked with Evan Klinger that told me that he > > added code to PHP 4 to support calls like select()/listen() to > > sockets, but you guys commented out the code to have it reimplement > > somehow more convinient. What's the status of that? I really could > > use those functions for many interesting purposes that are useful for > > Web developers (backend servers without needing Web servers and other > > sorts of TCP deamons). > > Well, we do have some code review. Evan's code was a bit akward and needs > to be cleaned up before it can go in. > > -Rasmus What is the policy on new functions anyway? Is there any 'direction' PHP is going in, or will it explode into all kinds of directions? What I liked about PHP is that it previously had a focus on webscripting. Adding functions like listen/select is without doubt losing that focus. Because... if you have listen/select, you will need sockets (available in limited forms), if you have sockets you'll need socket creation, information and manipulation functions (also absent), and before you know it.. *BOOM* - Perl II. (Some other very poorly implemented and/or architecturally limited support for various IPC functions should dissapear from PHP too, IMHO.) The above scenario may or may not be a good thing, depening on what you want out of php. If it is a good thing or not is not the discussion here, I'm only asking if there is a direction, and if so - what is it? :) Regards, Sander