Antwort auf PHP5 was NOT the better choice / #5377

Well, I am not really sure about this. I don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Some things I am pretty sure with are:

1. I like php5 way better than php4 (assignment by copy was really a bad idea in php4).
2. I am quiet frustrated with the overall performance of php as a programming language. I do not speak about execution speed, but implementation, code maintenance and readability. I dropped an eye on ruby lately and really got envy. The harsh changes from version to version (e.g. adding new warnings with date versions, etc.) do not improve my impression of php. The major problem is, that it takes a tremendous amount of skill and discipline to write good php code. You can do it. But — I strongly believe — most programmers don't.

About streber with php4. I really doubt this will be possible, but feel free to give it a try. It would be a really experiment.