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HipHop for PHP: six months later

HipHop for PHP: six months later

8/13/2010 · Scott MacVicar

What this post added

This post provides an update on HipHop for PHP six months after its release. It highlights a further 1.8x speed improvement, bringing the total reduction in CPU usage to approximately 50% compared to the initial release. It details successful integration with Drupal, MediaWiki, phpBB, and WordPress, noting significant speedups for WordPress (2.7x). The post also mentions community contributions, including external patches and support for FreeBSD and 32-bit environments, indicating growing community involvement and the project's expansion beyond Facebook's internal use.

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