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Re:Movim – Federated, open-source alternative to Tumblr by grezql on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:02PM (#18601901)
no, facebook was initially written in PHP but as it grew they realized it sucked and invented HHVM / Hip Hop to transpile the php to C++.
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Re:Movim – Federated, open-source alternative to Tumblr by keb_ on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:46PM (#18602380)
In what ways is Hack & HVVM better than PHP7 & Zend? Genuine question.

I've found developing PHP7 applications relatively easy and stress free with the combination of static analysis tools & PHP7 typehinting.

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Re:Movim – Federated, open-source alternative to Tumblr by zamalek on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:58PM (#18602516)
HVVM used to have the advantage that it was much faster. PHP have subsequently got their act in order and, last I read, there's little difference.
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Re:Movim – Federated, open-source alternative to Tumblr by nl on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:14PM (#18604989)
So.. it's written in PHP then.

(They don't write C++ code, they still write PHP)

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