PHP's Gradual Typing Journey: From Wild West to Almost Respectable - Java Code Geeks
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Interesting historical read.
One thing they got wrong at the end, I think. Was it worth it? Probably, yeah. The stability and security benefits of typed languages are too strong to ignore for the niche that PHP fills. So, I would argue, it was modernize or be gradually replaced by something totally different.
@exakat Overall a decent article, but it grossly misunderstands the disagreements around strict_types.