Well I would have expected PHP to be slower....or any scripted language for that matter. Its a scripted language, therefore it needs to be interpreted to produce a result. Its no raw byte code like a compiled exe. Jeremy
_____ From: delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-boun...@delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Gary T. Benner Sent: 1 July 2009 23:00 To: ber...@pobox.com Cc: delphi@delphi.org.nz Subject: Re: [DUG] delphi is fast-very fast [Reply] HI all, As with anything, it's horses for courses. Compiled web apps are a pain to update compared to scripted ones, and with accelerators not that much different in performance. I've yet to see a web app with such demands as this benchmark test, and given most are limited by disk / database access, the cpu cycles don't figure at all. good night, Gary At 21:57 on 1/07/2009 Berend wrote > >No, not interesting at all. I'm guessing that this particular test was >optimised for applications that allocate a given data structure as a >single blob of memory. > >And then you compare it to a language where the default is to allocate >memory in small disjointed chunks where you need to lookup references. _____ Gary Benner e-Engineer, Lecturer, and Software Developer Gary Benner <http://www.benner.co.nz> & Associates 123 Internet <http://www.123.net.nz> Limited Waiariki Institute of <http://www.waiariki.ac.nz> Technology Mob: 021 966 992 Skype: garybenner Email: g...@benner.co.nz Ref#: 41006
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