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Re:Back end of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 with s... by snapetom on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:42PM (#36620807)
Was there a separate initiative for assembly, or are you thinking about HipHop? HipHop was for C++ and got a lot of attention back when it was released.
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Re:Back end of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 with s... by pjmlp on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:49PM (#36620888)
Yes, the 2nd rewrite for a VM, where the JIT compiler turned out to be quite good versus HipHop, and development focus switched to HHVM.
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Re:Back end of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 with s... by disgruntledphd2 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:32PM (#36622519)
I was thinking about HHVM, which I believed was essentially assembly for a VM. Am I wrong on that?
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Re:Back end of Meta Threads is built with Python 3.10 with s... by snapetom on Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:37PM (#36622590)
No, you're right. HHVM was the 2nd iteration. I was thinking of the first project, which was for C++. Looking at wikipedia, that was called HPHPc.
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