HipHop PHP (was Hyper PHP by Facebook)

Question

Following this rather comical interview with a Facebook \"employee\"...

Does anybody have any details on the Hyper PHP (now renamed to HipH

Answer 1

Maybe a myth, maybe still in development. But it's going to be posted here .

Answer 2

I'd be surprised if the release is called HyperPHP, as that's also the name of an established web host

Answer 3

If performance is an issue, surely you'd look at e.g. Quercus instead ? (http://www.caucho.com/resin-3.0/quercus/) (I've never looked at Quercus, so I can't say much else)

Answer 4

Now there's a rumor of some sort of PHP runtime release from Facebook on Tuesday Feb 2. That might be Hyper PHP.

Answer 5

From your link...

Facebook employees know better than most the value of privacy.

Oh, really? Do they? Because everything I've ever read about Facebook is that they have no idea what privacy is or ever was.

The article can obviously not be trusted.

Answer 6

Nop ... its not a myth

The concept is Awesome.. You can get you PHP site complied into HPHP ! then it ll work like java !:P