On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:56:16 -0500, Larry Garfield <lar...@garfieldtech.com>
wrote:

Greetings, and thanks for the response. For the sake of clarity; I was /not/ indicating that /I/ had millions of lines
of code to /completely/ rewrite. But rather that there /are/ millions (perhaps
billions) of lines of code that need to be rewritten on the Internet in various
applications/ libraries/classes, etc... And for many, this seems quite - as you put it, the herculean task. Remember,
most ppl using PHP on their pages depend on others to write their pages/applications/ utilities. They go to sourceforge/freshmeat/phpclasses/hotscripts download
something that appeals to them and discover that it don't werk on the PHP5 boxen their
ISP/ hosting provider offers. So they discover they need to fix it to make it work.
To most - whom know very little about programming in PHP, this is quite a feat. So
as most in the world; they take the least-line-of-resistance and find a PHP4
hosting provider. Bottom line; there are zillions of PHP thingies out there that were
all written for PHP4 - far more than are available for 5. So until many (most?) of
them have been re-written (more accurately; adapted) for PHP5, PHP4 will still be a
/big/ contender - like it or not. OH, before I forget to respond; PHP5 is a completely different animal than PHP4 for the average user. Sure. If you were familiar with Java/Script it all looks quite familiar - technically any OO language for that matter. Hell, I've been with PHP since it's creation, coming from years with
perl and converting most of my trusty scripts to PHP. I also discovered many ways to write PHP4 as pseudo OO. Like many I suppose. Anyway, speaking of the past; I remember there being quite bit of resistance to the OO flavor that PHP5 offered. Perhaps it lingers still. Well, here's looking forward to feasible solutions to offering multiversions on most PHP hosters. ;)

Thanks again for the response.

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