Thank you.

By now most seem to know that Jani Taskinen has quit the PHP internals team. His reasons for leaving (whether for good or ill) are his though I do not know the whole story even if I was online when he made the decision to split.

What I find interesting is the incredable lack of at least one entry in the various PHP blogs. Maybe they think \. or Digg says it all. Maybe they have decided to respect his wishes and simply not respond. Maybe they are simply saddened by the loss of a comrade/coder/friend. I don’t know. What I do know is that I personally am saddened to see someone who not only must have loved PHP but helped create it from the ground up – leave it so suddenly. Giving so much of ones time and talent to a project – I would assume it has to be because of love.

No matter his reasons for leaving – I want to thank him for his time and expertise these past years. His contributions have helped make PHP the language I love. Thank you Jani. Fair winds and following seas.