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"PHP only exists today because of legacies being maintained" I think, the reason is, Facebook poured a load of money/time into PHP. Otherwise it would probably
by k__ 7y ago
"PHP only exists today because of legacies being maintained"
I think, the reason is, Facebook poured a load of money/time into PHP. Otherwise it would probably on life-support right now.
- tyingq 7y agoFB poured a ton of money into Hack/HHVM. Which didn't directly benefit PHP. I do see that it inspired the PHP team to improve, but that's indirect.
- tmh88j 7y ago> FB poured a ton of money into Hack/HHVM. Which didn't directly benefit PHP Facebook may not have directly funded PHP, but I know for sure at least one of the HHVM/Hack devs (Sara Golemon)is also a huge contributor to the PHP core. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOveFBc9AyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOveFBc9AyI https://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2019/07/16/interview-with-sara-golemon-3/ https://voicesoftheelephpant.com/2019/07/16/interview-with-s...
- boredpudding 7y agoFacebook poured loads of money/time into HHVM. While I'm sure PHP also got benefits, your "Otherwise it would probably on life-support right now. " argument fits perfectly on the rest of the biased unsupported arguments.
- k__ 7y agoI used PHP in v4/5 times and had the impression development slowed down until I heard about all the "FB being bullish on PHP" announcements.
- zuppy 7y agophp 7.0 has been released 5 years ago, I think it's about time to stop using php5 as an argument for anything related to the present state.
- k__ 7y agoI'm not saying PHP is doing bad today. I'm saying that back in the days it looked like it will go downhill, but then a big player used it and that saved it.