On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 01:58:02AM +1000, Ben Schmidt wrote:
> If PHP were compiled, not interpreted, i.e. less dynamic, there could be
> some benefits, as compile-time optimisations could perhaps be built in, and
> validations skipped if they were provably unnecessary. But that's not going
> to happen any time soon, as far as I'm aware.
It has already happened:
https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/wiki/
It might also be useful for reflection.
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