With all of the hype about the upcoming version of PHP (PHP5), there's a lot of people that are excited about the new features and new OOP functionality that will be introduced. There is some skepitcism, though - not everyone is so sure that PHP5 will be the life-changing, amazing tool that most think it will be. One of these opinions comes from phpPatterns.com.

There's a alot of talk about how great PHP5 is going to be (and it will be great) but I wonder if it's making many PHP coders nervous? This is some thoughts about "Why PHP5?" [...] It's worth remembering something the core PHP development team frequently repeat: PHP is, at heart, a down to earth language which is accessible to all. This is what's made PHP a massive success.

In this piece, he talks about the upcoming release in terms of the pros and cons of it's featureset. Some of the things, like the similarity to Java in the new OOP model, aren't a bad thing, they're just a pretty large change. Others, like the concern that PHP will get "eclipsed" by other, more well-structured languages scares some coders out there...