> These are hard issues to solve with PHP, so hard that Facebook hand crafted a SPECIALIZED VIRTUAL FREAKIN’ MACHINE to deal with the performance issues inherent in PHP. Does that really seem like an “easy” solution?
It is worth noting that this was pre-PHP7. Post-PHP7 the out of the box performance is similar or better to what Facebook did with the HHVM.
It is worth noting that this was pre-PHP7. Post-PHP7 the out of the box performance is similar or better to what Facebook did with the HHVM.