What's new in PHP 8?

Re:What's new in PHP 8? by teknopurge on Friday August 14, 2020 @06:47AM (#24156255)

There is such a thing as writing code that is good, functional and satisfies the business requirements; this same code can also run untouched for years. Yes, this is a thing, and actually a hallmark of quality work.

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Re:What's new in PHP 8? by pdimitar on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:59AM (#24156745)

Non-constructive snark with zero correlation to the topic at hand.

I have been visiting -- and repairing -- PHP 5.X websites for years. They are anything but stable. I did maintain Java mastodons for years and they have been both (a) stable and robust and (b) legacy. But PHP projects I was in long time ago -- far from it. Could be anecdotal evidence.

To not make this annoying for future readers: I am okay with legacy code sitting untouched (although I will argue it is usually more broken than you seem to imply), but I am not okay with advertising a language that definitely didn't help the reputation of the IT branch in the eyes of everybody else. PHP sits on a broken foundation.

I have a right to express my opinion and you have a right to express yours. Let's leave it at that since we aren't going to achieve anything here (except flags for non-constructive posts).

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