Re: [PHP-LANG] "Mission Statement"

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Sascha Schumann wrote:
>     Well, I don't favor the Microsoft way of raising the barrier
>     for competition arbitrarily.
> 
>     In the remote case that someone forks PHP, it should be in
>     our interest to convince the community that there is an open
>     independent group of well-known people who maintain control
>     over the language evolvement.
> 
>     We are now in a position where we can set the standard for
>     PHP. In the long run, this will help us to convince users of
>     the continuity of PHP. We cannot ensure that with the current
>     structure where the term "PHP language" is defined in the
>     context of the respective implementation.
> 
>     In the short to mid term, there are a couple of interesting
>     projects which are currently virtually impossible to do
>     because of the lack of a PHP language standard (i.e. a gcc
>     front-end; engine with coroutines). Those projects would
>     ultimately benefit PHP and that is why I'm pushing this.

I like all 4 paragraphs. :)

>     Well, we should agree on the structure of this approach.
> 
>     IMHO, The PHP Language Specification must not contain
>     implementation details.
> 
>     Based upon that, there can be a separate document detailing
>     implementation-dependent behaviour.
> 
>     What do you think of that?

Yes, implementation specific details should be kept out of the spec.

-Andrei

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