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PHP 5 Released; PHP Compiler, Too
TheTomcat writes "After years of anticipation, PHP 5 was released today. This release represents a milestone in the evolution of PHP. It sports the new Zend Engine II, a completely re-worked object model, and many many new features. Check it and the changelog out."
In other PHP news, remote_bob writes "There have been many attempts, like
BinaryPHP
and PASM,
but finally there is a complete
compiler
for PHP. The Roadsend compiler produces standalone, native executables, and supports the entire PHP language (but not all extensions). It uses
Bigloo Scheme
to do its job, a variant of Lisp, the language that
Paul Graham writes about.
Benchmarks say that performance is pretty good. Is this another sign that dynamic languages are the future?"
While I use PHP quite a bit, I think I'll wait a few months / versions befor deploying this...
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
I hope it dies. Stupid girly toy language.
Now that PHP has stopped imitating Perl, and started imitating Java, I can write some Java-look-alike code while still simple-mindedly sneering at that language as inefficient and bloated!
I think I might even start porting some of my code to punch cards, by the time they return to the mainstream I could be a 6-figure consultant.
...does the FBI know about this? I have heard about some of the PHP busts in recent years, but all this talk about how 'powerful' this new PHP is makes me wonder how dangerous it is. It sounds expensive, too. I hope that this doesn't lead nice young kids, into a life of crime. Imagine, hords of young, glassy-eyed kids stealing stuff like...video games and movies just to fund their PHP habbit.
Damn kids.
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$399 per year for nothing more than a compiler puts it at roughly at the same price as the entire Microsoft Visual Studio... seeing that you get about 2-3 years out of the typical VS release.
I think most people who have the skills to write something like a compiler generally want to make a living from their work
You mean except for those dirty commie gcc guys!
No, the correct response is, "So it is out... but will it get me laid?"
The answer is, "Depends on if you wrote PHP5 or if you just write with it."
I've been using Perl for around 10(?) years... ...you can put almost any web app together far faster with PHP than Perl.
You have ten years of Perl experience and still can't write Mason or Embperl apps as fast as PHP?
Way to waste a decade. You are officially the worst Perl programmer ever.
Is this another sign that dynamic languages are the future?
Umm, let's see, this is slashdot, you probably think C is where it's at, right?
I have a very difficult time debugging perl scripts and figuring out how to do new things with it.
:)
PHP is more like a more friendly. Allows you to fumble around and then gives you informative errors. Kind of like your first Girlfriend.
Well, the first week of her anyways.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
No, the correct response is, "So it is out... but will it get me laid?"
The answer is, "Depends on if you wrote PHP5 or if you just write with it."
Humor me, but which group goes with which action?
People who write with PHP are more likely to get laid, out of sympathy. Girls take one look at the mess that is PHP and say to the developers holy shit, I'm not sleeping with someone who can't make a halfway consistent API thanks.
It's syntax, while maybe not perfect, was pretty good.
/sorry, trying to be funny, failing miserably...
I think the biggest selling point to PHP over other solutions such as Python is that its simple.
Your syntax, while maybe not perfect, sucks.
Your firewall blocks traffic from 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.1? You're hard core, man.
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It got me laid once ... but she was a hippie ... and she thought it meant People Helping People.