If this thing can introduce even a 10% performance gain in a CMS like WordPress - that can save millions of dollars in hosting bills worldwide.
As a programmer - I'm not very excited about WordPress to say the least but as an entrepreneur who has to pay hosting bills I can see the value in this. (Plus, compilers are insanely cool to begin with!)
According to surveys (http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-wordpress/all/all) wordpress powers over 20% of the whole internet. PHP is still going strong and is huge and a lot of websites simply need something simple that works.
If this thing can introduce even a 10% performance gain in a CMS like WordPress - that can save millions of dollars in hosting bills worldwide.
As a programmer - I'm not very excited about WordPress to say the least but as an entrepreneur who has to pay hosting bills I can see the value in this. (Plus, compilers are insanely cool to begin with!)