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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Next major version must be 7 (Lessons learned from
 the ECMAScript committee)
From: webmaster@keryx.se (Keryx Web)

2010-03-13 19:33, Rasmus Lerdorf skrev:
> No, not ok.  We will call the next release whatever we like.  People who
> have written books or articles about PHP 6 inferring they knew what the
> final state of PHP 6 would be were misguided.  We never got to the point
> of a final feature set much less a release date.

I think I made it clear I have no sympathy for the people responsible 
for those books.

However, I have lots of sympathy for the *readers* of those books!

And the readers of the PHP manual.

And the readers of Andrei's slides and of various articles on the net.

And I have lots of sympathy for everyone who will see such resources 
show up when they google for a solution to a problem.

Maybe my words sounded a bit critical and unappreciative. That was not 
my intention. I have tons of respect for all of you who make PHP such a 
wonderful language to use and teach.

I am not qualified to suggest specifics about the technical route 
forward and have therefore carefully avoided anything that looks like 
casting a vote about "5.4".

If, however, skipping version 6 will lead to less confusion and reduce 
the amount of education needed about the changes in the language, why 
not chose the easier path?

Or to put this differently: Of course the core contributors are at 
liberty to call the next major version 6, but I think there is wisdom in 
going straight to 7.


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