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Re:PHP 7.1.0 Released by egeozcan on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:50AM (#13088487)
Hey, I totally agree! That's why I said a new extension (not necessarily a language extension, maybe a file extension that switches to alternate parser like, hmm, ".phpx") and both ways compatible. Including the "new style" would be possible from "classic style" and vice versa.
Re:PHP 7.1.0 Released by jtreminio on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:17AM (#13089197)
Look at Hack. They would be easier to convince than PHP core.

I for one love the $ and wish other languages had a clear identifier for human variables.