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Facebook has announced “Hip Hop”, a PHP to C++ compiler stack that they hope will overcome some of the scaling and speed issues associated with PHP apps.  The video above lays out the reasons they started the project and the types of things they want to accomplish with it.  As a PHP developer, this project [...]

This is a made up scenario, but it brings up very interesting points. On the surface, it does appear Apple never wanted the app store and tried to steer everyone toward Web development. Chris Messina lays this out very well with numerous links for context. Steve Jobs hates the App Store for the same reasons [...]