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Subject: why interfaces ?
From: quickshiftin@gmail.com ("Nathan Nobbe")

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all,

in recent weeks there has been a lot of arguing about what interfaces are,
arent (on php-general and now on the internals list as well) etc. etc.

i am quite curious, why interfaces were added to the language in the first
place.  note, i am not criticizing them, i am overjoyed that the language
has them, however i am curious about the history.  is this something php
borrowed from java?  does it have anything to do with 'entirely virtual
classes' in c++ ?  i think that the history behind the addition of
interfaces to php, would shed a lot of light on their intended purpose for
use by php developers.

thanks,

-nathan

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