Well, PHP 7.X I looked and used when forced to do PHP, but I didn't had quite a chance look at PHP 8 so far.
My feelings so far would be like:
You're telling me that PHP still didn't have str_contains, str_starts_with etc? Also don't get me started on naming conventions.
get_debug_type() because apparently gettype() wasn't good enough, although let's keep it for confusion. Also, what the fuck? The type is the type right?
Attributes... While it could have been a way to bring meta-programming to PHP or allow patterns like Python decorators do, it's just a way to do the same thing as what already is done in doc blocks, except this time you get a fancy unreadable syntax. Yay.
Overall, when I read the release notes of a nice language I'm like "oh that's neat" and when I do this with PHP I'm like "that's neat... ish... wait wat".
I don't understand why you would lose your time with a language that still by default is just a gigantic print of the file's content, where you can fuck up an entire API with just a single misplaced space or where you still have to code your own module system every single time. Yes it's getting better but what is the point of polishing a turd while you can have diamonds for free?
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have you seen what's coming with php 8 or the improvements of php7.X?
Well, PHP 7.X I looked and used when forced to do PHP, but I didn't had quite a chance look at PHP 8 so far.
My feelings so far would be like:
str_contains,str_starts_withetc? Also don't get me started on naming conventions.get_debug_type()because apparentlygettype()wasn't good enough, although let's keep it for confusion. Also, what the fuck? The type is the type right?Overall, when I read the release notes of a nice language I'm like "oh that's neat" and when I do this with PHP I'm like "that's neat... ish... wait wat".
I don't understand why you would lose your time with a language that still by default is just a gigantic print of the file's content, where you can fuck up an entire API with just a single misplaced space or where you still have to code your own module system every single time. Yes it's getting better but what is the point of polishing a turd while you can have diamonds for free?