Re: Integrate HHVM into PHP (Was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for comments - new PHP feature: return typing)

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Patrick ALLAERT <patrickallaert@php.net> wrote: > Hello Florin, > > 2013/7/10 Florin Patan <florinpatan@gmail.com>: >> Since you brought up the discussion, would you think it would make >> more sense to actually start and integrate HHVM into PHP rather that >> patching it up? >> Or better yet, rewrite it with a HH VM in mind? >> I know and fully understand it's a gigantic task but at some point in >> a software lifecycle there's only so much patching up you can do >> before you can't patch it anymore. >> Thanks. > > Not that this is not interesting, but this is deviating the discussion > so much than the original thread that it is worth having it as it's > own thread. > Please, remember to change the subject if you start an off-topic > discussion, it makes discussions easier to follow. > > Thanks, > Patrick Hi, Thank you for moving this into a separate thread. I'll look into HHVM in the following days/weeks but I think it's clear that HHVM brings some nice concepts both to the language and to the way PHP works, albeit compile it and so on. Also reading articles like this: http://ocramius.github.io/blog/accessing-private-php-class-members-without-reflection/ makes me very sad that this code is possible in PHP in order to overcome speed issues of the language. Could this be a topic of interest for more people, especially the core people? Best regards, Florin ---- Florin Patan https://github.com/dlsniper http://www.linkedin.com/in/florinpatan