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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 18:51:12 -0700
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] About PHP6 ...
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:

> Kalle, thanks for responding.  I believe however you missed the part in my
>> original message where I pointed out that in fact a large number of these
>> books
>> are still in print.  And no 'campaign' from us is going to stop a
>> publisher from
>> continuing to sell a book they've already invested in, which costs them
>> nothing
>> to continue to sell.
>>
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_4?url=search-
> alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=php6&sprefix=php6  I think is the most
> compelling case for skipping '6'.
>
> Look at the confusion still being created on google by 'mozilla firebird'
> despite the fact the names was changed to firefox 10 years ago. It was only
> used for a short time. PHP6 discussions have gone on for the last 10 years.
>
> I don't think anybody will be confused as to why PHP6 was not released
> since it's a simple fact that the planned development path simply did not
> work. PHP7 allows a clean sheet and nobody will be confused by currently
> 770 thousands hits on google and 419 thousand on bing hits on 'PHP6'.
>
> What the ... try a search on PHP7 :(
>
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>
>
I don't think there will be any significant amount of confusion over PHP 6
(I'm more confused about why you're dropping the space).   In 1948, the
Chicago Tribune infamously went to print with the erroneous headline,
"Dewey Defeats Truman".  That led to a lot of confusion, too-- that is, at
first.  Numerous other publications made the same mistake.  The Journal of
Commerce, for example, published 8 articles in its November 3 edition about
what to expect from President Dewey.  The paper's headline read, "Dewey
Victory Seen as Mandate to Open New Era of Government-Business Harmony,
Public Confidence".  I guess headlines were more verbose back then.

There's little to no confusion over what the outcome was today.  We
certainly don't list Thomas E. Dewey as the 34th President of the United
States just to avoid "confusion."

We shouldn't skip an entire version increment just because a few authors
screwed-up.  I don't know a single person who refers to any part of the 5.x
branch as PHP 6, nor have I heard a single developer complain that there
will be confusion when PHP 6 is released.  Skipping the version increment
would be a solution in search of a problem and would only serve to cause
more confusion.

--Kris

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