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Running PHP on the JVM with P8
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Summary
In this presentation from the JVM Languages Summit 2008, Robert Nicholson discusses P8, an implementation of PHP on the JVM. Topics covered include the reasons for bringing PHP to the JVM, an overview of PHP and P8, PHP characteristics, the JVM method length limit, how PHP functions are compiled, InvokeDynamic (JSR 292) and PHP Functions, PHP values and Unicode strings in PHP.
Bio
Rob Nicholson works in the Language Runtime group at IBM Hursley in the UK. Rob leads the development of the PHP runtime used in IBM WebSphere sMash and Project Zero.
About the conference
The 2008 JVM Language Summit is an open technical collaboration among language designers, compiler writers, tool builders, runtime engineers, and VM architects. The talks inform the audience, in detail, about the state of the art of language design and implementation on the JVM, and the present and future capabilities of the JVM itself.
Oct 31, 2008