Explore the evolution and potential impact of HHVM, Facebook's alternative runtime for PHP, in this 54-minute conference talk from the International PHP Conference. Delve into the history of Facebook's scaling challenges, the creation of HipHop, and the emergence of HHVM. Examine the technical aspects of just-in-time compilation, strict typing, and performance optimizations. Analyze the business implications, open-source considerations, and potential future scenarios for PHP and HHVM. Gain insights into when to use HHVM, its compatibility with PHP extensions, and its potential to reshape the PHP landscape. Conclude with a Q&A session addressing audience inquiries and the speaker's personal experiences with HHVM.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Performance
Rewriting
What Facebook did
Justintime compiler
Strict typing
Performance gains
Static typing
Is it a chance
PHP extensions
Performance optimizations
Happy people
Open source
Split fragmentation
What could happen
Blue Elephant
PHPNG
What is going to happen
Questions
Feedback
My experience
Will SPL work on PHP
When should you use SPL
Taught by
International PHP Conference
