dynamic language

In this recent blog post nikic takes an in-depth look at how large PHP arrays really are - how memory is used in the creation and management of these handy PHP variable types.

Daniel Cousineau has posted a quick tip for Netbeans users that are working with the Zend Framework.

The tip involves code completion support in your Zend_View instances.

Netstat -vat: "The first update to PHP 5.3 is now available providing 5 security fixes in addition a long list of bug fixes to the popular open source dynamic language."

Internetnews: "The open source dynamic language PHP has been a mainstay of the Web application delivery landscape for the past decade, but only in recent years has it made serious inroads into enterprise IT development."

DevX: "When you need to build small, native standalone applications, Gambit-C Scheme provides a high-level dynamic language with good runtime and memory performance, as well as good deployment options."

Linux Magazine: "Ruby is a very dynamic language. You can turn the language inside out, give objects a frontal lobotomy, and stitch the whole thing back together again, all at runtime.

Here are some examples."

Ruby is a very dynamic language. You can turn the language inside out, give objects a frontal lobotomy, and stitch the whole thing back together again, all at runtime.

Here are some examples.

There's been lots of talk about type hinting lately (both on blogs and on mailing lists) so Mike Willbanks has decided to add some of his own thoughts about why it should be included.