We always hear about Facebook using PHP as a justification for it.
Unfortunately for this line of thought, Facebook wanted to move away from PHP 3-4 years back, specifically to Python I believe, and realized it would be too much work to rewrite their entire front end. So, they're trapped in PHP, not using PHP because they think it's the best choice.
This was mentioned in the article announcing HipHop.
Unfortunately for this line of thought, Facebook wanted to move away from PHP 3-4 years back, specifically to Python I believe, and realized it would be too much work to rewrite their entire front end. So, they're trapped in PHP, not using PHP because they think it's the best choice.
This was mentioned in the article announcing HipHop.