Two weeks of HHVM
February 6, 2014
I must say I'm most impressed by the performance increase via command line. We use several PHP based command line tools at DealerX. These tools comb millions of vehicles a week, cleaning and sanitizing and matching data for search and other end user displays. I think she's a keeper.
Today, 6 years later, quite comfortable with PHP but feel like as though it's getting a bum deal being a dynamic language an all. With projects like HHVM chugging away, I'm looking for other ways to bridge the gap between PHP and C.
Having never written any C before, I quickly realized it was quite needy. I decided to try out BinaryPHP, it quickly converts your PHP into source and compiles an executable for you.
For those who are curious, you can grab all sources from github.