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PHP 8.5

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201 points brentroose | 4 comments | 20 Nov 25 06:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.603s | source
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f311a ◴[20 Nov 25 08:00 UTC] No.45990126[source]▶
PHP becomes a complex language with each update. For what reason? Its application is still limited to the web, mostly.
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1. Xenoamorphous ◴[20 Nov 25 08:15 UTC] No.45990222[source]▶
The web is not getting any simpler.
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2. Cthulhu_ ◴[20 Nov 25 08:58 UTC] No.45990527[source]▶
Exactly, I'd even argue that web development (back & front-end) is by far the largest job / industry in software development.
3. f311a ◴[20 Nov 25 11:33 UTC] No.45991551[source]▶
I don't see how making a language more complex can help with that. Complex languages makes sense for system programming where you want to squeeze some performance.
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4. array_key_first ◴[20 Nov 25 16:35 UTC] No.45994507[source]▶
Making a language more complex often leads to simpler code. Keeping a language too simple often forces overly complex code.