Re: [PHP-LANG] "Mission Statement"

> I don't think that a compiler spec is useful, helping Microsoft's .NET (or
> other forking bodies, like GPL fanatics) team isn't on my agenda either and
> I don't think that it would be beneficial for the PHP project at all (and
> I'm sure most people here feel the same).  There's theory, and there's
> reality, and the spec you're talking about is a purely theoretical,
> useful-for-forking, fairly-useless-for-practical-use type of spec.

    You should not be worried about your investment into Zend.
    The Zend engine will still be the number one choice for a
    long time. If the engine maintains its technical lead, users
    will stay with you and your product folio.

    If you want to write user documentation about the Zend
    engine, fine, do that.

    Another challenge:

        Can you name me any language which was harmed by a
        standardization effort?

    I agree with you that diversity of the PHP language is bad.
    That is why I'm here and proposing a standardization effort
    for the language we know as PHP. We cannot prevent forks,
    but we can prevent diversity.

    - Sascha