Hello Yasuo,
I know a lot of companies that switched (or plan to switch) to 5.5 only because of better
performance.
Regards,
Thomas
Yasuo Ohgaki wrote on 21.05.2014 00:35:
> Hi Stas,
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>wrote:
>
>> > 64bit int if int is 64bit. I prefer consistency, so array int key is
>> better
>> > to support
>> > 64bit int key. IMHO.
>>
>> Given that 99.9999% of PHP users will never need it, but 100% of PHP
>> users will pay in performance for each size increase, we need to be
>> careful here. "Consistency" is not more magic word than "security".
>>
>> > Similar argument applies to string also. It would be WTF, when users try
>> to
>> > access string offset over 32bit values. Data dealt with PHP is getting
>> > larger
>> > and larger. It would be an issue sooner or later.
>>
>> Not likely, unless somehow PHP becomes language of choice for processing
>> big data. Which I don't see exactly happening. But if it ever happens,
>> we can deal with it then.
>
>
> I think many people don't like PHP and/or switching to other languages are
> concerned
> about consistency as language. Users will just switch tool, so these would
> be issues.
> We just loose users(I mean we loose developers).
>
> I'm really concerned about performance as much as security/consistency like
> you.
> However, average web developers are not. Most developers prefer large and
> slow
> web app frameworks. This is the reality. I think we must face our
> users(developers).
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Yasuo Ohgaki
> yohgaki@ohgaki.net
>