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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 20:28:36 +0200
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To: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP Language Specification
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
> Andrea Faulds wrote (on 24/07/2014):
>
>> On 24 Jul 2014, at 14:40, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Incidentally, that's another question: some people like to make clear
>>> that the Zend Engine isn't actually the language implementation, it jus=
t
>>> *powers* the implementation. In which case, what *should* the implement=
ation
>>> be called?
>>
>> That=E2=80=99s actually an important question. I always tend to say =E2=
=80=9CZend PHP=E2=80=9D
>> here, but I=E2=80=99m a little bit uneasy about having Zend in the name.=
 Perhaps
>> =E2=80=9Cthe PHP.net implementation=E2=80=9D? =E2=80=9CPHP Group impleme=
ntation=E2=80=9D? =E2=80=9CPHP reference
>> implementation=E2=80=9D?
>>
>> We could take a leaf from Python=E2=80=99s book and call it CPHP :)
>
>
> Or ZPHP? Implying the PHP implementation built on Zend, but not directly
> using the Zend trademark?

Call it php.net or something like that, Zend is only one of many
contributors. Yes, the engine is still named Zend Engine but the
language has been improved by many php.net contributors.

Cheers,
--=20
Pierre

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