Hack (programming language)
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gradually typed programming language
open-source software
programming language
statically typed programming language
Hack is a programming language developed by Facebook as a gradually typed, PHP-compatible language that adds static typing, generics, and other modern features for safer and more scalable web development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hack (programming language) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041724 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hack (programming language) Context triple: [PHP, influenced, Hack (programming language)]
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A.
Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
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B.
Mono language
Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
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C.
Vale programming language
Vale is a memory-safe, performance-focused systems programming language that explores region-based memory management and borrow-checking concepts similar to those in Rust.
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D.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
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E.
Jamnik
Jamnik is a character from B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," representing one of the community members shaped by its behaviorist social principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hack (programming language) Target entity description: Hack is a programming language developed by Facebook as a gradually typed, PHP-compatible language that adds static typing, generics, and other modern features for safer and more scalable web development.
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A.
Ada (programming language)
Ada is a statically typed, high-level programming language designed with strong support for reliability, safety, and real-time systems, widely used in mission-critical and embedded applications such as aerospace and defense.
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B.
Mono language
Mono language is a Native American Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Mono people of eastern California.
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C.
Vale programming language
Vale is a memory-safe, performance-focused systems programming language that explores region-based memory management and borrow-checking concepts similar to those in Rust.
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D.
Revenge of the Hackers
Revenge of the Hackers is an essay by open-source advocate Eric S. Raymond that chronicles the rise of the open-source movement and the cultural shift it brought to the software industry.
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E.
Jamnik
Jamnik is a character from B.F. Skinner’s utopian novel "Walden Two," representing one of the community members shaped by its behaviorist social principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gradually typed programming language
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ programming language ⓘ statically typed programming language ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | PHP ⓘ |
| designedFor |
server-side scripting
ⓘ
web development ⓘ |
| developer |
Facebook
ⓘ
Meta Platforms, Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Meta Platforms
|
| feature |
XHP
ⓘ
async programming ⓘ attributes ⓘ await syntax ⓘ collections framework ⓘ collections like Vector Map Set ⓘ generics ⓘ interfaces ⓘ lambda expressions ⓘ namespaces ⓘ nullable type hints ⓘ nullable types ⓘ shape types ⓘ shapes ⓘ soft types ⓘ traits ⓘ tuples ⓘ type annotations ⓘ type inference ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.hack
ⓘ
.hh ⓘ |
| goal |
enable scalable web development
ⓘ
improve safety of PHP codebases ⓘ |
| hasTool |
HHVM runtime
ⓘ
Hack typechecker ⓘ |
| influencedBy | PHP ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Facebook Engineering ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| notableUser |
Facebook
ⓘ
Instagram ⓘ WhatsApp ⓘ |
| paradigm |
functional programming
ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| platform | HHVM ⓘ |
| runsOn | server-side ⓘ |
| supports |
gradual migration from PHP
ⓘ
static analysis ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
dynamic typing
ⓘ
gradual typing ⓘ static typing ⓘ |
| useCase |
backend services
ⓘ
large-scale web applications ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hack (programming language) Description of subject: Hack is a programming language developed by Facebook as a gradually typed, PHP-compatible language that adds static typing, generics, and other modern features for safer and more scalable web development.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.