> Nice writeup, can anyone explain why fb continues to use php over other statically types languages?
When you have a large existing codebase in one language, migrating it to a new language means a massive amount of time wasted retraining engineers, rewriting code, etc. You lose a lot of productivity and spend a lot of money for possibly little gain.
When you have a large existing codebase in one language, migrating it to a new language means a massive amount of time wasted retraining engineers, rewriting code, etc. You lose a lot of productivity and spend a lot of money for possibly little gain.