G+_Jeff Brand Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Somewhat related to Storm Mcleod 's comment.. When discussing JIT, especially in terms of PHP and HHVM, I think it would be very useful to discuss opcode caching. Starting with PHP 5.5, opcode caching is part of PHP's core and no longer requires external modules to achieve significant performance increases and lower memory usage. While HHVM is a highly optimized engine, at the time of my last research (2011, when the featured FB post was published), there were many incompatibilities and limitations that would prevent HHVM from being a practical solution. Since Coding 101 is intended for beginners, opcode caching seems like a great stepping stone into practical-yet-advanced PHP topics while HHVM feels like a semi-experimental project for the extreme tuners in the audience. Welcome Louis Maresca ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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