Thoughts on HipHop for PHP
It has been almost two weeks now since Facebook announced HipHop for PHP. The source code is still not available because apparently they've ran into some compilation issues, according to their GitHub status. So in essence, not much is known about HipHop for PHP but I want to try to give my thoughts based on the small amount of information we have and my experience with similar technologies.
Please note that the bits and pieces of information come from various sources and things may or may not be exactly as we think they are.
In order to understand what HipHop for PHP does it is important to understand how PHP itself gets executed. In this article I will give a rough overview of the PHP execution process and make a few educated guesses in what aspect HipHop for PHP differs from there.
Based on the little information available online I'll discuss how HipHop for PHP is suitable for large businesses and what might turn out to be obstacles that are yet to remove.
The Power of Facebook: A Case Study
In case you or your company are still not convinced of the power of social media sites such as facebook and twitter or you're wondering whether they can give your company a sales boost, read this story on BBC.
In a nutshell a Facebook group formed to put the 17 year old Rage Against The Machine Song "Killing In The Name Of" on top of this years British Christmas Charts.
Here's their official video
The video itself does not say very much, the information text next to it on the YouTube page itself is much better.
The X-Factor is a Music Chart TV Show much like the "American Idol" or the German "DSDS". In the last years, the winner of the X-Factor show has always been the number one hit for the British christmas charts.
Apparently people have enough of this. Hence they formed the Facebook group to push another song into the charts - Rage Against The Machine with Killing In The Name Of.
You can help their cause by buying a download of the song either on iTunes, Amazon and various other sites.
Currently the song in fact is number one in the British charts.
This is a wakeup call to everyone that is not yet convinced about the potential of social media to drive business. The potential is there. Now it is proven again.
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