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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon hhvm

Hack site never says what Hack is

Open allan-bonadio opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

Please complete the information below:

Where is the problem?

https://docs.hhvm.com/hack/

What is the problem?

It doesn't explain Hack. What if my mom stumbles onto that site? Or any non-programmer? Or, even a programmer for that matter? Does one have to install it just to figure out what the heck it is?!!?!?!

Just one sentence, like this: Hack is a programming language based on PHP, that compiles code using the LLVM system.

If that sentence is inaccurate, that gives you an idea of how confused anybody else would get, without any information about what Hack is, by reading your front page. I've programmed in PHP for 5 years, C/C++ and Javascript for 10 years each, and emscripten for 1 year. And, I'm not even sure what Hack is. You've got to put an intro onto your website!

Please don't change anything below this point.

  • Build ID: HHVM=HHVM-4.164.0:HSL=v4.108.1:2022-10-24T20:44:31+0000:1fa47f258c6b68f8ec01899aa82fd6ffa0957109
  • Page requested: /hack/
  • Page requested at: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 05:17:50 +0000
  • Controller: GuidesListController

allan-bonadio avatar Oct 28 '22 05:10 allan-bonadio