To put this quote in context, over the last decade, a lot of legacy PHP features were deprecated and removed. Some in the community were opposed, and wanted Rasmus Ledorf to ape Linus Torvalds and reject the changes. His comment here was him explicitly saying he wasn't precious about the original design, and welcomed the changes.
The most annoying thing about PHP criticisms is people wheeling out these hackneyed old articles and quotes that don't say anything at all.
To put this quote in context, over the last decade, a lot of legacy PHP features were deprecated and removed. Some in the community were opposed, and wanted Rasmus Ledorf to ape Linus Torvalds and reject the changes. His comment here was him explicitly saying he wasn't precious about the original design, and welcomed the changes.
The most annoying thing about PHP criticisms is people wheeling out these hackneyed old articles and quotes that don't say anything at all.