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Most of their code is Hack, and Hack is a superset of PHP (last time I checked all it really adds is static typing and async) https://news.ycombinator.com/item
by urethrafranklin 9y ago
Most of their code is Hack, and Hack is a superset of PHP (last time I checked all it really adds is static typing and async)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14659729
- ergo14 9y ago> all it really adds is static typing and async You make that sound like its not a big deal vs vanilla php.
- urethrafranklin 9y agoIt's really not. All the sadness and broken-ness of PHP is still there.
- ADefenestrator 9y agoA lot broken-ness is still left for the sake of compatibility (especially since HHVM's open-source), but Collections and type hinting make a huge difference.