Just to set the record straight, when I meant that the primary of focus of PHP is going to stay the Web, it's very different from saying that it will remain 'just' a Web language.
Considering the importance of the Web which is already high and just growing, being *THE* language (with a capital D) is a lot. Hoping to take the entire computer language world in storm just makes no sense.
PHP 5 does not try to become a general-purpose language any more than PHP 4 has. The focus is still, and will remain, the be the best Web language on the planet.
And yes, it does mean that I completely disagree with you as to whether there exists such a thing as a Web language (or as I would put it, a language designed/optimized for the Web), and it does come at a certain cost.
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Just to set the record straight, when I meant that the primary of focus of PHP is going to stay the Web, it's very different from saying that it will remain 'just' a Web language.
Considering the importance of the Web which is already high and just growing, being *THE* language (with a capital D) is a lot. Hoping to take the entire computer language world in storm just makes no sense.
PHP 5 does not try to become a general-purpose language any more than PHP 4 has. The focus is still, and will remain, the be the best Web language on the planet.
And yes, it does mean that I completely disagree with you as to whether there exists such a thing as a Web language (or as I would put it, a language designed/optimized for the Web), and it does come at a certain cost.