Re: Why PHP4?

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> Sorry to disagree,

That's nothing to apologise for.

> But I think that with PHP4 a lot of people start thinking that they could be
> programmers (maybe they can, developers it's another story). When php5 came
> they didn't know how do deal with the deprecated methods and worst, some
> hosters didn't know how to virtualize a f1ck1n' server with Apache+PHP5. A
> lot of mistakes were made when php5 came out but how can a language grow up
> when they DEPRECATE the syntax? we're not talking about removing the last

That's not the problem of the PHP developers. Learning is not a case
of spend a few years doing it and you're set - it's a life long thing.

> Maybe I'm in a "GET LOST PHP" phase but I think that someone is killing it,
> and the ones who are stuck in 4 are not helping.

There are alternatives - have you heard of Brainfuck?

> When U write code, U must not be worried 'bout the next upgrade of your
> server!

Of course you should. Writing code with every eventuality in mind is
simply ludicrous. And you really should expect things to change when
major versions are changed - that's why release notes exist.

-- 
Richard Heyes
http://www.phpguru.org

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