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HipHop VM now faster HPHPc

Facebook’s VM for PHP is now running code faster than the code compiled to C++.

Speeding up PHP-based development with HipHop VM

Here at Facebook, the HipHop team constantly strives to improve the efficiency of PHP execution and increase productivity for our PHP developers. In late 2011 we announced that we were pursuing a just-in-time (JIT) compilation approach called HipHop VM (HHVM) as a successor to the HipHop PHP-to-C++ compiler (HPHPc). The goals of the HHVM project are two-fold: build a production-ready virtual machine that delivers superior performance, and unify our production and development environments.

Below is an update on the state of HipHop VM, followed by a deep dive into some details on HHVM’s architecture and optimization strategies.

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Hurricane Electric

I’ve hosted this domain, including email, with Hurricane Electric since 1998. At the time, he.net was a stand-out shared hosting provider that offered unlimited bandwidth and the latest version of PHP. I recommended their dedicated hosting product to clients that I ended up winning an original XBox in 2002. However, it’s now time to part ways. I host several sites on a Rackspace cloud server (after having started on slicehost.com). It’s just a lot more flexible and easy for me to have root on an Ubuntu server. Regardless, the service at he.net has always been great, and I wish them continued success.

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