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> HHVM is a completely separate VM... It's neither a "pre-compiler" nor an "optimiser" for the Zend VM. "HHVM" is a VM. "HipHop [for PHP]" was a compiler[0], a
by chriswarbo 12y ago
> HHVM is a completely separate VM... It's neither a "pre-compiler" nor an "optimiser" for the Zend VM.
"HHVM" is a VM. "HipHop [for PHP]" was a compiler[0], although it compiled down to C++ rather than Zend's VM (much like ShedSkin for Python[1])
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipHop_for_PHP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HipHop_for_PHP
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_Skin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed_Skin