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* Version: 2.0 | * Version: 2.0 | ||
* Date: 2014-07-05 (latest 2014-07-20) | * Date: 2014-07-05 (latest 2014-07-20) | ||
- | * Author: Andrea Faulds < | + | * Author: Andrea Faulds < |
- | * Contributors: | + | |
* Status: Under Discussion | * Status: Under Discussion | ||
* First Published at: http:// | * First Published at: http:// | ||
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* Unlike the ' | * Unlike the ' | ||
* Skipping versions isn't unprecedented or uncommon in both open source projects and commercial products. | * Skipping versions isn't unprecedented or uncommon in both open source projects and commercial products. | ||
+ | * Version 6 is generally associated with failure in the world of dynamic languages. | ||
To summarize, version 6 is already taken by a highly publicized project that is in the minds of a very large chunk of PHP developers, internals and general PHP community alike. | To summarize, version 6 is already taken by a highly publicized project that is in the minds of a very large chunk of PHP developers, internals and general PHP community alike. | ||
- | The proposal to reuse it for something completely different will gain us absolutely nothing, | + | The proposal to reuse it for something completely different |
- | Other than having good reasons to skip 6 and no reasons not to, there are also some minor reasons of why PHP 7 is actually a nicer choice: | + | As a special non serious bonus, 7 is perceived as a lucky number in both the Western world and Chinese culture. |
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- | * Version 6 is generally associated with failure in the world of dynamic languages. | + | |
- | * 7 is perceived as a lucky number in both the Western world and Chinese culture. | + | |
===== The Case for PHP 6 ===== | ===== The Case for PHP 6 ===== |
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