Its true that refactoring old code can result in significant speed gains, but it is also true that different languages have different resource loads. Java is not a lightweight language. Even within Java, performance can change significantly depending on what JVM you use and how it is tuned. And that doesn't include other factors like moving from CF/Windows to PHP/Linux. But I wouldn't be surprised if their capacity increased moving from CF to PHP, even if the code was roughly the same. But that doesn't make it better. Hardware is a relatively inexpensive investment. If you toss a couple thousand dollars for something beefier and you spend significantly less man hours developing and maintaining the application, then you will almost certainly end up with a net positive investment.
But hey, if he likes programming PHP and it makes him happier and more productive, then that's the right choice for him. Judah On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Yves Arsenault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > Not sure if any have read this. > > I love articles with quotes like "Goldberg offered brief PHP user > profiles. Kargo, for example, had been using Java but found it could > not expand without adding a lot of hardware. The company decided to > redo its entire Web site using Zend Framework and now handles 400 > percent more capacity, Goldberg said." > > This could be rewritten "Kargo rewrote some old ass code that didn't > scale worth a shit and now it's faster." > > Same language, different language - often it doesn't matter. Given > any adequately old codebase, it's often trivial to get significant > performance gains from ANY rewrite in ANY mature language. > > -Cameron > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269628 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
