Hack is basically an extension of the PHP language with built-in static typing, a feature found in more traditional programming languages such as C/C++ and Java, O’Sullivan said.

In typical Facebook fashion, the new language is called Hack, and it already drives almost all of the company’s website — a site that serves more than 1.2 billion people across the globe.

Mar 22, 2014, 7:24 AM PT AP Photo/Paul Sakuma Facebook just released a new programming language — aptly named Hack — that will let programmers write code faster while more easily avoiding errors.

Today Facebook has launched a new programming language called Hack which has been designed for HHVM and interoperates seamlessly with PHP. HHVM is an an open-source virtual machine designed for ...

But what is interesting here is not just that Hack on top of the HipHopVirtual Machine (HHVM) engine (which is very similar to JVM in concept) is boosting more web-based workloads, it’s rather the ...

Hack has changed that, Facebook said. Thus, the company said, “Hack was born.” Facebook explained that one of the major embellishments to PHP thus: “Our principal addition is static typing.

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...