> > I heard about several people using PHP at places where performance > matters. There is a thing (don't remember the name) that compiles PHP > to C++. >
*HipHop for PHP <http://wiki.github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/>* transforms PHP source code into highly optimized C++. HipHop offers large performance gains and was developed over the past two years. On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Wildam Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 12:05, Blanford <[email protected]> wrote: > > I do not love PHP, this is just the way it is. > > > > Anyway, there are plenty of applications written in PHP. It is modern > to write everything as web application and PHP is quite easy to learn > and there are plenty of developers around knowing (more or less) > coding in PHP. > > Although Java is from my point of view the much better language and > has a wider field of application, there are some barriers (for new > developers). For example, for PHP you just need an Apache Web-Server > with PHP enabled. Nearly every web hoster offers that. For a Java web > application your needed stack is usually bigger, e.g. you need Tomcat > and several frameworks. Then there is the problem of which web > application framework to choose. Although I like the choice, the > choice is not so easy. > > Let's say, PHP is just the way of less obstacles for those who want to > get started as well as up and running quickly. That for sure does not > mean, it is really the best choice. And a lot of things start small > where the developers do not think of scalability right at the > beginning. They need to improve performance and efficiency later. > > For Wikipedia: I don't know, how many servers they have. I remember > times, when Wikipedia was awful slow. > -- > Martin Wildam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
