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Sep 12, 2026 · Backend Development

Whim: Rust-Built Language Adds Native Async, Generics & Pattern Matching to PHP

This article introduces Whim, a new Rust-built language that adds reified generics, advanced pattern matching, and a native event-loop async model to PHP, demonstrating via an e-commerce BFF showcase how these features combine to cut microservice aggregation latency from 2.7s to 1.2s.