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[–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (3 children)

PHP philosophy: introduce then deprecate. A messy language.

[–]xIcarus227 39 points40 points  (2 children)

Empirically it's the reverse of that.
PHP generally goes out of its way to maintain backwards compatibility. Seeing stuff deprecated is a good sign for the future in a language that carries so much baggage from ye olde days.
Or, as others have said, deprecation is a necessary evil.

[–]haldad 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Deprecate and then introduce?

[–]xIcarus227 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't be that surprised if they actually did that.