Now that PHP is maturing, it's time for a "meeting of the minds" between quick code-and-run scripters and UML-savvy OO developers
Few programming languages can boast a rise in popularity as meteoric as that of PHP. The now well-publicized story of a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) scripting-language-turned-IT-industry blockbuster shows that success is not always the product of methodical planning and marketing studies. But the real questions are now related to how this success will survive adoption by the big IT industry. The very fact that Oracle, among other major players, is focusing some of its attention on PHP indicates that the language has come of age.
Up until now, success just "happened." An ever-growing crowd of fans has been rallying around PHP, as if around a child prodigy. But now that the child is growing a beard and beginning to talk with grown-ups on an equal footing, are the early followers going to adapt to the change?
PHP, like most major open-source projects, is a grassroots phenomenon in the process of becoming a mainstream technology. Will PHP disappoint those to whom it owes its fame? Will it live up to the expectations of big IT?
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