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Google is failing me - what's the VC spin on HHVM?

• Rapzid 3y ago
  VC spin? HipHop Virtual Machine was created over a decade ago to address serious performance issues with PHP. This spurred(lit a fire?) serious efforts to address the issues in PHP proper. Over a rather short period of time PHP became performant enough that HHVM was sunsetted. I think the history here would call into question the viability of Bun as a monetary investment. It may end up a net good for the ecosystem , but if the major benefits can just be incorporated back into Node proper what are the ROI prospects?
  • bsimpson 3y ago
    Thanks for the clarification. I thought you're original comment was saying something to the effect of "VCs funded HHVM, and this feels similar." I'd only heard of HHVM in the context of Facebook, so I was surprised to read that (but I know Phabricator was another infrastructure company spun out of FB, so it seemed possible).