On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 19:08, Zeev Suraski <z...@php.net> wrote: > 3. Putting your apparent personal bias against backwards compatibility > aside - if P++ goes in the directions you're hoping for - towards giving > you the goodies on your wish list, why would you care if PHP still existed > without these new changes/features? > > Zeev >
Another userland developer here. I'd just like to share my abject terror of the idea that the language might split into two. Having made a toy transpiler (https://github.com/hacktophp/hacktophp) from Hack code to PHP, I don't think that's a good way forward either. The Python 2 => 3 migration is a good example of a language maintaining its popularity despite an uncomfortable upgrade, and I think that bump has helped secure Python's relevance for the next decade. Though PHP is uncool, it's still popular. Have faith that the community won't abandon PHP if the language improves.
