I didn't say Snow was perfect. Far from it. Didn't you see my long list of feedback?
I get annoyed with the php community because this thread embodies what a typical response from them is like. Criticize anyone trying to do something new by saying the old ways are best without giving any constructive feedback.
Also note. No one has to use Snow if they don't want to. These are not changes to the core of php, so it confuses me why people get so militant over the suggestion of a DSL for php.
I did indeed see your feedback, but it was the opening comment that framed the feedback, that bothered me most.
As for your feedback itself - your own suggestions don't appear to improve readability in any meaningful way, mainly because the underlying example is simply so unreadable already.
I'm perfectly happy to debate potential layers above PHP to help with speedy development, but I'm also perfectly happy to argue against those that I don't believe have any promise.
So any criticism of this is the "PHP community resisting change" -- that's rather convenient. I suspect many of the people criticizing both this language and the approach here aren't even PHP programmers.
I get annoyed with the php community because this thread embodies what a typical response from them is like. Criticize anyone trying to do something new by saying the old ways are best without giving any constructive feedback.
Also note. No one has to use Snow if they don't want to. These are not changes to the core of php, so it confuses me why people get so militant over the suggestion of a DSL for php.