Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:91534 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 6812 invoked from network); 8 Mar 2016 09:48:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Mar 2016 09:48:19 -0000 X-Host-Fingerprint: 80.177.120.119 marston-home.demon.co.uk Received: from [80.177.120.119] ([80.177.120.119:18833] helo=localhost.localdomain) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id E0/20-03587-0EF9ED65 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2016 04:48:17 -0500 Message-ID: To: internals@lists.php.net References: <1F.91.55238.41F10D65@pb1.pair.com> <56D42CD3.6020602@gmail.com> <56D57DF4.8000906@gmail.com> <56D5D2AD.6070805@gmail.com> <56D5DDA6.4080607@fleshgrinder.com> <40.73.36499.548B6D65@pb1.pair.com> <56D6BBD0.5010505@gmail.com> <56D73386.3000903@fleshgrinder.com> <86.68.21983.A2508D65@pb1.pair.com> <56D86C00.6000904@fleshgrinder.com> <12.FB.08749.AF759D65@pb1.pair.com> <56DAC26C.50304@fleshgrinder.com> <56DAE00F.2030203@lsces.co.uk> <56DD68C0.1090407@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56DD68C0.1090407@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 09:47:57 -0000 Lines: 1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3564.1216 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3564.1216 X-Posted-By: 80.177.120.119 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Proposal] var keyword deprecation/removal From: TonyMarston@hotmail.com ("Tony Marston") "Rowan Collins" wrote in message news:56DD68C0.1090407@gmail.com... > >Tony Marston wrote on 06/03/2016 08:59: >> I have worked with two other languages for over a decade each, and as >> these languages were maintained by >> "professionals" they could guarantee that code written on day 1 of the >> first >> year would still be running ten years later. > >Out of curiosity, which languages are you referring to? It would be >interesting to see if there are specific lessons we can learn from their >development and compatibility processes, even if the ecosystem they >exist in is very different to ours. COBOL and UNIFACE. -- Tony Marston