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It must be just a coincidence that PHP 7.4 was released today, and surely FB doesnt rely on PHP version updates to latest, right? Just speculating.. Edit: tha
by throwaway40324 7y ago
It must be just a coincidence that PHP 7.4 was released today, and surely FB doesnt rely on PHP version updates to latest, right?
Just speculating..
Edit: that twitter thread is quite entertaining
- cranekam 7y agoFacebook doesn't run vanilla PHP. It runs on Hack, a language developed from PHP that runs on HHVM, a JIT VM it developed: https://engineering.fb.com/developer-tools/hack-a-new-programming-language-for-hhvm/ https://engineering.fb.com/developer-tools/hack-a-new-progra...
- throwaway40324 7y agoRight, but up until after Hackv3.3, PHP code was supported, which support ended 9 days ago. "HHVM v3.30 will be the last release series where HHVM aims to support PHP. The key dates are... 2019-11-19: expected end of support for v3.30" https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/09/12/end-of-php-support-future-of-hack.html https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/09/12/end-of-php-support-future-o... Note: I really dont believe my above speculation is related, just thought it was an interesting coincidence, at best.