In a new post Michael Kimsal does a good job comparing the rise of PHP5 (and what it brought with it) to his language of choice these days - Groovy .

I remember when PHP5 first came out having 'discussions' with a number of people who insisted that PHP5 was way better than 4.

[...] Basically, intentions were made clearer with things like "public protected private" (PPP),but I have not yet seen any web project get...