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Although the first alpha build of PHP7 was released just two weeks ago, the second build is already being rolled out. A variety of issues from 5.6 have been fixed as part of version 7's alpha build, and a rather comprehensive overview of new features and other language changes have been posted on PHP's official GitHub repository. Some of the most notable improvements are the boasted performance enhancement over PHP5.6, claimed to be up to twice as fast on 64-bit systems, and the well-debated inclusion of scalar type hints.
Additional history of the drafted and implemented changes for version 7 can be seen at the PHP Request for Comments Wiki.
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PHP Development Team Announces PHP 7.0.0 Alpha 2
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You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here.
(Score: 2) by Marand on Thursday June 25 2015, @06:13PM
There is no bad language, just useless programmers.
By that logic, languages like Unlambda [wikipedia.org] and Brainfuck [wikipedia.org] are perfectly fine for production use, because there are no bad languages; if you can't use them well you're just a useless programmer.
The reality is, not all languages are equal. Some language are better than others, though just about any language can be used if you're determined enough. PHP is popular, but that doesn't mean it's well-designed. Good design sometimes get overlooked in favour of "good enough"