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I still see Facebook site URLs with .php extensions, so they definitely didn't just throw away their roots.
by omarchowdhury 8y ago
I still see Facebook site URLs with .php extensions, so they definitely didn't just throw away their roots.
- disgruntledphd2 8y agoFacebook just kept building compilers: 2004: PHP is quick, let's use that. 2006/7: PHP is slow, let's build a compiler for it (HipHop) 2010/11: Still slow, let's build a VM and compile to assembly (HHVM) 2012: types are cool, let's build an oCaml parser to pretend they exist in PHP! I kinda view it as Zuckerberg profoundly agreed with the never rewrite code theory.
- Ayesh 8y agoI suppose these .php URLs are there to not break old shared/bookmarked links.
- omarchowdhury 8y agoA simple htaccess rewrite ruling can cover handling that, though.