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“But how do I access it?” (i.imgur.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Plus, Facebook literally forked PHP and still uses it, and is one of the most popular sites on the internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Modern-day Hack (the language PHP uses) looks pretty different to PHP, and the runtime is a complete rewrite rather than a fork. HHVM uses C++ while PHP uses C.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That’s true, it would be more accurate to say that much of the web uses PHP or Hack, a PHP derivative. I think I was moreso thinking along the lines of the previous comments about the hatred for PHP being more of a meme at this point than a reality