In a new posting from Dynamically Typed today, he highlights a posting from kuro5hin.org about the background and details of the update to PHP 5.

Via Sebastian, Kristian: Zend in the Clowns - a sceptical but ultimately positive look at PHP5 (while roaming over PHP4 and a whole lot more).

In asking "why?" when considering PHP5's new, Java-like, capabilities the author comes to this "sinister Pinky-and-the-Brain" conclusion;

Harry also lists a few items that, had PHP included, it might just be ready for that "general purpose" language setting. Items include: namespaces, threads by default, making safe move even safer, etc...