Well, I guess I'm asking for trouble arguing against a language I have no development experience in.
A quick Google search shows that PHP 5.2 and earlier seem to support something like the anonymous functions required in the example I linked to above -- via the create_function method. But using it in practice appears to be full of ifs, buts and complexities: http://nz.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php#706...
But maybe one could get it work if used with care.
If I were ever chained to a desk and forced to work with a PHP framework like Drupal that does not yet support v5.3, I'd look in to this.
Otherwise I'd choose a language that cares more for concepts like readable code and deep modularity.
A quick Google search shows that PHP 5.2 and earlier seem to support something like the anonymous functions required in the example I linked to above -- via the create_function method. But using it in practice appears to be full of ifs, buts and complexities: http://nz.php.net/manual/en/function.create-function.php#706...
But maybe one could get it work if used with care.
If I were ever chained to a desk and forced to work with a PHP framework like Drupal that does not yet support v5.3, I'd look in to this.
Otherwise I'd choose a language that cares more for concepts like readable code and deep modularity.