Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:76066 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 45282 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2014 20:50:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 24 Jul 2014 20:50:47 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=ajf@ajf.me; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=ajf@ajf.me; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain ajf.me designates 192.64.116.216 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.216 imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.216] ([192.64.116.216:33222] helo=imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 36/71-55539-7A171D35 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:50:47 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75FEE2400D1; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:50:49 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap10.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap10.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ZaigfnyrxE3G; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:50:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.15] (unknown [90.210.122.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1C8672400C2; Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:50:46 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) In-Reply-To: <6bf2645f3837dfb0619f8054e2bfb1af@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:50:40 +0100 Cc: PHP internals Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <53CFB2CD.5050703@hoa-project.net> <53D0062A.20905@gmail.com> <3D49DA70-E726-439B-94E7-F8888358C04D@benramsey.com> <53D0FC76.3080604@hoa-project.net> <53D10CE8.8090500@gmail.com> <4212D04D-0241-4887-A9DF-180958A31926@ajf.me> <53D11BBF.7040306@gmail.com> <53D15E99.4060803@gmail.com> <87fdfd1a00dcad32843001d02ee10108@mail.gmail.com> <1D993D81-0C61-4759-B3A6-8611232F2A07@ajf.me> <6bf2645f3837dfb0619f8054e2bfb1af@mail.gmail.com> To: Zeev Suraski X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP Language Specification From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds) On 24 Jul 2014, at 21:47, Zeev Suraski wrote: > We saw how much time it took us to decide about a version number, = let's > not waste cycles on coming up for a name for something that has been = named > for over 15 years. I=92d contend CPHP hasn=92t been named for 15 years as it has had no = name for the implementation itself. Regardless, I=92m going to start using CPHP myself and hope it catches = on. Though short of adopting a name for the implementation officially = (even if it=92s just a =93nickname=94), this problem will continue to = exist, and people will keep having to add contract-style definitions to = the start of documents explaining what the term they=92ve invented to = refer to the original implementation means. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/