> This is some numbers when running the binary-trees benchmark (from the > great computer language shootout), with N=14 . I'm using PHP 5.1.4 Win32 > binaries and Neko CVS Win32. > > - neko : 3.5 seconds > - php : 1 minute 40 seconds > > That's an 28 times faster, so not exactly 30, but Neko has additional > optimizations with GCC so perform on an average 20% faster on Linux/OSX, > which is not taken into account in this comparison. You might want to > run your own tests to check about it. > > Im taking your word for that, those are impressive numbers indeed =)
PHP also benefits from GCC greatly.. I'm sure a custom build (K7/686) put side to side to Neko will make the distance shorter, but I dont think it will be as fast Neko even then.. However.. these benchmarks are really far from real-life examples, and therefore I still kind of feel like this is a sales talk (yea i know your not selling anything). Simply getting a result from a database and dumping the results would be a lot closer the truth.. In any case there are a lot of factors involved when comparing 2 languages for speed. It is still very impressing.. I give you that, but hearing "our product is x times faster than product y" is exactly the kind of stuff that made me question your objectivity regarding this subject. Kudos on making plain operations as fast as that, because thats where a language rests on.. it's not a complete picture though. w/e.. I was (and still am) impressed by you work on mtasc and haxe.. keep up the spirit Evert _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
