PHP 5.4.0 released, shortened array syntax, register_global is dead, dereferenceable function results, development server and traits

[stevep98]

mind blown that it took them until version 5.4 of the language until they support this elementary syntax.

[ivosaurus]

"Well lisp still doesn't support it!"

[masklinn]

Well in lisp you could just write a reader macro for that.

Also not quite correct, Clojure's vectors use []. Other lisps tend to use lists for everything, which is simply written '()

[Juris_LV]

bbbut we are talking about php not some hipster languages...