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.

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 ...

The Menlo Park, Calif.-based social networking titan said it had streamlined PHP, made it better, and that Hack was now the official language running the site used by 1.2 billion users.

Many of Facebook’s goals for the language revolve around making software development fast and much more robust. PHP has traditionally been known for its ease in developing software, but also for ...

There is a clever combination of language and platform development rolling out of Facebook engineering in the form of HHVM and the Hack programming language—and what is working for production users of ...

Facebook engineers Bryan O’Sullivan, Julien Verlaguet, and Alok Menghrajani spent the last few years building a programming language unlike any other. Working alongside a handful of others ...

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 ...

Facebook open sourced an internal programming language called Hack, developed by its engineers to improve upon -- while remaining compatible with -- the PHP scripting language running much of the ...