Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:120053 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 70589 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2023 16:29:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 17 Apr 2023 16:29:58 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91668180545 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:29:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-ASN: AS15169 209.85.128.0/17 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-oo1-f54.google.com (mail-oo1-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:29:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oo1-f54.google.com with SMTP id w22-20020a4ad036000000b00541e4028218so3035263oor.4 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:29:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1681748997; x=1684340997; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nR9lLtVJ2RSqXhb6HXZ93G1YH4feRigj4mZgCTP4SEE=; b=UbHY1yZEs5Zjc+lbzuVG2rqyZko36/wCXJ5OnniztBhYHSKs9ok4drP8V7DLaaGE5p 8tsQG2MIi6hbkFxeYvCWjnf4WGAwLXAssrvVRDXPH3VKEhDEOEI0rKCWi69Vox3dtxSI KMr5kRs+TwoAkK8Y9hF4LJ+J5M22Rm1pBQkHUiZS5szx7lvPLjS18s4AHKuBOtSRpTrg tE39EQyBnKj/FvXTOgrbIgJTntHlVMIwj0rHFWiwHJQP+jNvfsnwrotF5Cd7OS2xXeDa 1Fu9nB38LKi/5TwokpAlz5TXeLbwFRl1ggl3n1gswVwj/AXGgiTGw+IxNMjs061EfNlB ciFw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1681748997; x=1684340997; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nR9lLtVJ2RSqXhb6HXZ93G1YH4feRigj4mZgCTP4SEE=; b=dQuQuoMAJtiWF7gMe/ptYyTbZp+qIu5mKOatz7JEXlQ3sitIjZMwjWSPmap9XrJc5P +sy9CCh0tVJZRCnSu1NO3p54KngTzpA3aT7VjAIbUJGtDuM0U9hOlQR6VJs8WRtpiNiW xsdWzKUeFKmI7NGVT19yzMyY7wUYxslMLHnFHpHVBC5nwOjEr87oklCf9+p4oOmBOmHB A4qo+JtUFKG+c6jFhLuSzMG7KVD1ieQSh9FMi3HPjnI81S/WBevV1jssK47L4KTe6bvi QsDDm3DbBQCmU22karSmMTqSx7z3od3WkZjXEH/eQSo9jznKa46Xe2EOQGj/+2sXDoK+ aYbg== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9f2+u4YwE8BwVW7FVMNAWzaSwMvpzVboKxPkfqZKlUTmrWmoVuK 5TwdJKJj+HMz1GDk9VO64bDnt30RID5iWwaeu3f9aEtFfC0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350ZzeT1fbbcC9iWoSYkEp3+PPJwvRkHgs31V/3qzqyOBBy9dtJOy7rNn8U4O670KsiB8trBCk/XAfBoT+Bp/yW0= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6820:138:b0:545:2048:7d71 with SMTP id i24-20020a056820013800b0054520487d71mr2294483ood.0.1681748997316; Mon, 17 Apr 2023 09:29:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:29:43 +0200 Message-ID: To: internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: self-hosting (compiling context) PHP From: landers.robert@gmail.com (Robert Landers) Hello Internals, I saw someone mention writing PHP (the engine) in PHP and it got me thinking, is there anything preventing PHP from being a self-hosted language? I assume this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything via Google or Externals. Robert Landers Software Engineer Utrecht NL