>A lot of the buggy and quirky behavior PHP exhibits (at least when that behavior is unintentional) is the result of this process.
A lot? Please stop spreading wrong info. In the words of an internal developer,
> It does fix a few minor points with regard to variables vs. expressions, but those aren't particularly important.
>"So, really, the whole thing has no direct effect on userland devs. It's an internal rewrite."
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