Re: [PHP-DEV] On BC and not being evil (Was: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Integer Semantics)

> Every time we break BC — in either of the ways Derick said — we narrow
> the subset of PHP 5 and PHP 7 that's available to people writing PHP
> code that has to work on both. If we narrow it too far, it'll be too
> unexpressive, or too hard to use, or just plain won't do something
> that they'll need, and PHP 7 will risk becoming this decade's Perl 6:
> the cautionary tale for what happens when you burn all the boats.

I agree with this idea principle.

I disagree that these RFCs are breaking so much backwards
compatibility to create the next Perl 6.