Zend will never include a free encoder/accelerator into php by default. What I am waiting for is Turck MMCache to offer a download of a file like php-4.3.4.tar.gz with Turck included. So when I need to upgrade php, I would go download a new version of php from Turck instead of php.net.
What I want to know is ... Turck MMCache is open source and php is open source so how hard is it to create that? -----Original Message----- From: David T-G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 16, 2003 7:23 PM To: PHP General list Cc: John Smith Subject: Re: [PHP] Include an encoder into PHP distribution? John, et al -- ...and then John Smith said... % % > I was not saying or implying that Zend controls PHP alone. In practice % > they have the "knife and the cheese" in their hands, meaning currently % > PHP programs depend on Zend Engine to run. Maybe when somebody develops % > real PHP compilers things will be different. % % I know that you were not implying it, I just wanted to make my point. Fair enough. % % In practice it seems that Zend has the final say on PHP, and I think it's % bad for the language. Not at all. If enough decide to include some other encoding engine in PHP then Zend can happily withdraw all of their support from PHP, perhaps making a new product called zPHP or such, and the PHP camp is not controlled in any way. It seems a bit extreme and probably not worth it, but no materially different from supporting (insert your favorite and my least favorite cause here) and watching us part ways. % % JS I think that supporting this discussion any further might cause some others to part ways with this list, so let's be done here :-) HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
