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		chaostheory on June 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP: the quiet powerhouse I wasn't thinking of scale. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't hiphop VM essentially expand PHP from just being a web language into something more?

jmathai on June 14, 2012 [–]

I stand corrected. I hadn't thought of it really. But the thought of PHP for non-web kind of makes me cringe even if it's translated into another language by an intermediary. For sanity sake I'm going to assume NO :).

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