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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Static and non-static methods
From: jay@php.net (J Smith)


It's been said before, but PHP isn't C++ or Java, so why would they have to
be compatible? 

J


Per Lundberg wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 18:07, Andrei Zmievski wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Apr 2003, Derick Rethans wrote:
>> > > Well its a BC nightmare, and I don't really see any big advantage.
>> > Agreed, breaking BC for this sounds like a bad idea to me.
>> <vent> sometimes I just hate BC.. </vent>
> 
> Why only sometimes?
> 
> Besides, it is much a matter of asking yourself: what is most important,
> being compatible with old PHP ugly-OO code or compatibility with other
> OO-languages such as C++ and Java?
> 
> I know what I would answer to that question.  :-)
> 
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