[olemartinorg]

I'm glad they don't go in the 'Python 3' direction, and as far as I've seen, the PHP core developers try very hard not to break too much of backwards compatibility at a time - which is a good thing.

Disclaimer: Actually a PHP developer. I know for a fact that if your proposal caught on, my managers would not like us to spend time rewriting a million lines of code to what is practically a new language. That doesn't contribute to making money for anyone.

[egeozcan]

Hey, I totally agree! That's why I said a new extension (not necessarily a language extension, maybe a file extension that switches to alternate parser like, hmm, ".phpx") and both ways compatible. Including the "new style" would be possible from "classic style" and vice versa.

[jtreminio]

Look at Hack. They would be easier to convince than PHP core.

I for one love the $ and wish other languages had a clear identifier for human variables.