I apologize if this is off topic, but this raises a question for me. Why can't new versions be backwards compatible? Is it really that difficult to accomplish? This has been a complaint of mine for years with Windows ever since we went from 95 to 98. I am an AS400 programmer and I have legacy programs written in RPG II, which died 20 years ago, and they still run fine on the newest version of AS400 or iSeries or Power System or whatever the heck it is called now. I also have PHP scripts that are many years old that work just fine the way they are, if a new version doesn't come along and make me have to reprogram for no reason just because it can't handle older code. Really, have Do loops and data calls changed that much over the years? I mean, all you do is set a condition, use a variable key field, and voila, data is pulled and processed, no big deal. Yeah, you can get fancy with it, but the core basics are still the same. I have been programming for over 35 years and like to think that once a program is built it should run forever. Do we just accept that we have to rewrite every program we ever wrote every time a new version comes out? A little extreme, but you get my point. Comments? Suggestions?
(I am also the kind of guy who thinks quality made hand tools from the 1800s are superior to many purchased today at Lowes or Home Depot.) Thanks, Jeff Burcher - IT Dept Allred Metal Stamping Works "Making Metal Parts since 1946." > -----Original Message----- > From: Lester Caine [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 6:24 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] how old is this version of PHP? > > Larry Garfield wrote: > > 5.2.9 was released in February of 2009. 5.2 is completely retired and > > out of support. 5.3 is on security-only life-support. 5.4 is the legacy stable > release. > > > > Yes, 5.2.9 IS that old. :-) Really, get a host that has made it into > > this decade. (GoDaddy apparently doesn't meet that qualification.) > > You're doing clients a disservice by allowing them to run such an > > ancient and unsupported version. > > While the statements are correct, many users are not in a position to move > from their currently working systems to even 5.3 let alone 5.4. There is still a > lot of legacy code that unless a few more people step up and help bring it > forward for the many - non programming - users who are stuck with legacy > applications, they will remain requiring 5.2 to run. ISPs got caught out when > they arbitrarily moved accounts forward, and GoDaddy have even been > caught by that, so maintaining a LTS version of PHP5.2 is the lesser evil ... > Windows 2000 is supposed to be dead, but *I* still have sites reliant on it > because the code and hardware is unsupported in even XP. Saying > something is dead only works if there is an affordable way of moving forward > ;) > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - > http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - > http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
