Re: PHP True Async RFC Stage 5

From: Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 17:59:06 +0000
Subject: Re: PHP True Async RFC Stage 5
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On Sat, Nov 1, 2025, at 2:32 AM, Edmond Dantes wrote:

> So...
> I’m convinced that PHP should remain a high-level language with a
> built-in runtime (at least as long as it’s interpreted).
> Attempts to create a “backdoor” in the language to let libraries
> implement what should be written in C bring no benefit to PHP users.

In concept, I agree.  Which is part of why I want to see an Async RFC that goes even higher than the
current one, not lower. :-)

But that is separate from the question of whether it's possible to build on Fibers, rather than
effectively deprecate them in practice if not in name.

--Larry Garfield


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