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Interestig fact that Wikipedia runs on hhvm! But I guess since php7 appears to be as fast if not faster nowdays then it's probably the right move anyway.
by kreetx 8y ago
Interestig fact that Wikipedia runs on hhvm! But I guess since php7 appears to be as fast if not faster nowdays then it's probably the right move anyway.
- Washuu 8y agoMediaWiki has to support PHP 7 for the community of wikis outside Wikipedia that use it. If they dropped PHP 7 support they would be making MediaWiki a bit of an insular project.
- debacle 8y agoOr Facebook could sponsor their development on hhvm and use that to promote hack lang.
- Washuu 8y agoThen every single third party extension developer would also have to move to Hack. Knowing what I know about certain extension developers that will never happen and a hard fork of MediaWiki will occur.