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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:21:20 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] A Hacker's Guide - Obsolete
From: george.banyard@gmail.com ("G. P. B.")

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On Thu, 23 Jan 2020 at 13:07, Daniel Mart=C3=ADn Spiridione <
daniel.spiridione@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi interns. The official PHP.net documentation of the "PHP at the Core: A
> Hacker's Guide" section (https://www.php.net/manual/en/internals2.php) is
> obsolete.
>
> In that sense Python has good documentation to be extended in C / C ++. I
> think this is also one of the reasons why there are libraries like NumPy
> and others that have popularized Python for data science.
>
> I personally know that the project http://www.phpinternalsbook.com exists=
.
> While this book is not yet fully updated to PHP 7, the information it
> provides is wonderful!
>
> I think the "A Hacker's Guide" documentation should clarify that it is
> outdated and incomplete and at least reference the project
> http://www.phpinternalsbook.com
>
> What do you think?
>
> Regards!
>

This is a known issue, and just reading a tiny bit of the guide you'll
realise
it is outdated as it mentions all over the place the original Zend engine o=
r
the Zend 2 engine.

As said by the Doc Editor once (can't find the email again) it would be
great to have it updated but the people having the skill to write tech
documentation and the people who know the engine is really small.

Adding a mention may seem worthwhile but meh.

Now as to why Python is more used in data science and co, I'll chime
in my personal opinion but I think it's mostly the case as Python syntax
resemble MATLAB. Moreover, PHP has always "promoted" it self for Web
Dev and not that much as a general purpose programming language.

Just my two cents

Best regards

George P. Banyard

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