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Eclipse plugins written in PHP?

On another Eclipse related news, i have noticed today the GSOC 2009 ideas for eclipse. Although all the ideas are interesting, what catched my view was "Write Eclipse plug-ins in PHP
" through e4.

e4 is the community effort for building the next generation of the Eclipse Platform. The project has three principle aims:

• Simplify the Eclipse programming model: This will
  reduce development and maintenance costs and enable a larger developer
  community to leverage the platform in their own Eclipse-based
  applications.
• Enable the platform for use on emerging web-based runtime technologies:
  This will ensure the platform remains a compelling and viable
  application framework in a rapidly changing web technology landscape,
  and it will allow e4-based applications to leverage web technologies,
  while remaining insulated from specific technology choices that may
  quickly become obsolete.
• Broaden participation in development of the platform:
  This reduces the risks associated with building on a platform largely
  funded from a single source. Having a large and diverse group of
  commercial backers, will ensure the platform remains vibrant and viable
  over the long term.

Please refer to the project proposal for more information, including the initial list of committers. The e4 project summary page is here.

I'm really interested to see what comes out of that.