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maxloh • last Monday at 5:14 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

I thought Hack is dead or not intended for public use anymore.

But after some quick checking, I learned that Hack is still actively maintained, surprisingly.

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meindnoch • last Monday at 9:13 AM

The backend of Facebook's frontend is written in Hack. For longest time, I wouldn't believe it... and then I saw the code with my own eyes.

phplovesong • last Monday at 5:17 AM

It is, and Hack exists ONLY because PHP was not cutting it for a big project like facebook. Its the biggest example out there why should not use PHP for anything close to, say 10% of facebook scale.

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