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		protolif on Sept 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slackware 14.0 released Obviously, this is because PHP doesn't scale.

elorant on Sept 29, 2012 [–]

I don't know if you've ever heard about a site called Facebook.

pjmlp on Sept 29, 2012 | [–]

Which translates PHP to C++ code via HipHop compiler.

WayneDB on Sept 29, 2012 | | [–]

So, I guess they found a way to scale PHP then, didn't they?

<Insert obligatory comment about how all code is translated to something else before execution>

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