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Hack vs Zsh (Z shell): What are the differences?
Hack: A programming language for HHVM that interoperates seamlessly with PHP. Hack provides instantaneous type checking via a local server that watches the filesystem. It typically runs in less than 200 milliseconds, making it easy to integrate into your development workflow without introducing a noticeable delay; Zsh (Z shell): An extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements. An interactive login shell, command interpreter and scripting language.
Hack belongs to "Languages" category of the tech stack, while Zsh (Z shell) can be primarily classified under "Shells".
Zsh (Z shell) is an open source tool with 1.47K GitHub stars and 205 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Zsh (Z shell)'s open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Hack
- Interoperates seamlessly with php6
- Open source6
- Backed by facebook5
- HHVM4
- PHP like2
- Great documentation2
- Generics2
- Fast1
- Used by facebook1
- Great type system0
- Easy to learn0