[SunRescue] PHP3 questions [off-topic]

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Apr 4 18:14:02 CDT 2000


On April 4, David Cantrell wrote:
> As for speed - yes, PHP is faster than plain ol' perl CGIs, and gives
> many advantages for things like session tracking.  You would expect that
> with PHP as it gets built into the server!  However, when you compare
> with mod_perl - that is, with *perl* built into the server - then they
> are neck-and-neck.

  This could turn into a religious war, so I'll be very careful here
and simply say "I disagree."  I've found equivalent web-based stuff
written in Perl (with mod_perl) to be orders of magnitude slower
than similar things done in PHP.

            -Dave McGuire





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