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at least request contexts in http php apps are isolated; memory lives and dies per request, which is more than can be said for java web applications.

• encoderer 11y ago
  That is not a virtue. Java (And ruby, and python, and ASP.Net) get faster when they warm up.
  • rozap 11y ago
    or they leak memory. or a heavy request generates gc activity which impacts other requests. i've seen site outages in large companies due to these sorts of bugs. multiple times. this is a major set of problems that you avoid by having a memory model that fits the domain (http services). php sort of did it by accident, but it works. BEAM gets this right as well.
    • encoderer 11y ago
      That is a possible failure mode, but if it's standard practice in the systems you're touching you've had some bad luck?