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While the release names based on rappers is quite a fun idea, I don't get why they didn't go for people who are, you know, good at hip hop. I mean 50 cent and C

by adamors 13y ago

While the release names based on rappers is quite a fun idea, I don't get why they didn't go for people who are, you know, good at hip hop. I mean 50 cent and Childish Gambino? And especially next to Em and Ghostface. Or is this a good release/bad release kind of thing?

noblethrasher 13y ago
I can’t say much about the others, but 50-cent has a famously hardcore work ethic, for that alone he’s worth celebrating.
- hanley 13y ago
  Same with Eminem. He and Dre are obsessive in their work. "In 2006, Snoop Dogg told the website Dubcnn.com that Dr. Dre had made new artist Bishop Lamont re-record a single bar of vocals 107 times." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Work_ethic
sehr 13y ago
> Don't be mad cause I'm doing me better than you doing you
elgenie 13y ago
(I work on HHVM/Hack at FB) We have an on-call rotation in which one person has the job of cutting (and testing) the internal named release. That person has final choice for the name, often subject to lobbying by the more rap-enlightened members of the team. /me was pushing for C = Common
- Terr_ 13y ago
  Quick sidequestion: Does HHVM support the Weakref extension? I ask because while it is not listed on the github wiki[1] but does appear in the manual[2]. I'm assuming the manual is an oversight, branched from PHP's manual and not pruned. That said, weak-references are indispensable for certain problems, and I'd love to see them standard. [1] https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Extensions https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Extensions [2] http://docs.hhvm.com/manual/en/book.weakref.php http://docs.hhvm.com/manual/en/book.weakref.php
  - dan15 13y ago
    If you click on any of the methods in the manual, you'll see "NOT SUPPORTED IN HHVM" in a large font. I'm guessing it's an oversight that that text is missing from the topic index as well.
    - Terr_ 13y ago
      Oops, I should've dug further.
- girvo 13y ago
  Thanks for Hack, it's exactly the kick up the ass PHPs community needed :)

by adamors 13y ago

noblethrasher 13y ago

I can’t say much about the others, but 50-cent has a famously hardcore work ethic, for that alone he’s worth celebrating.

hanley 13y ago
Same with Eminem. He and Dre are obsessive in their work. "In 2006, Snoop Dogg told the website Dubcnn.com that Dr. Dre had made new artist Bishop Lamont re-record a single bar of vocals 107 times." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Work_ethic

sehr 13y ago

> Don't be mad cause I'm doing me better than you doing you

elgenie 13y ago

(I work on HHVM/Hack at FB) We have an on-call rotation in which one person has the job of cutting (and testing) the internal named release. That person has final choice for the name, often subject to lobbying by the more rap-enlightened members of the team. /me was pushing for C = Common

Terr_ 13y ago
Quick sidequestion: Does HHVM support the Weakref extension? I ask because while it is not listed on the github wiki[1] but does appear in the manual[2]. I'm assuming the manual is an oversight, branched from PHP's manual and not pruned. That said, weak-references are indispensable for certain problems, and I'd love to see them standard. [1] https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Extensions https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/wiki/Extensions [2] http://docs.hhvm.com/manual/en/book.weakref.php http://docs.hhvm.com/manual/en/book.weakref.php
- dan15 13y ago
  If you click on any of the methods in the manual, you'll see "NOT SUPPORTED IN HHVM" in a large font. I'm guessing it's an oversight that that text is missing from the topic index as well.
  - Terr_ 13y ago
    Oops, I should've dug further.
girvo 13y ago
Thanks for Hack, it's exactly the kick up the ass PHPs community needed :)