To clarify, their system was Java/JSP running on Tomcat, and they rewrote it in PHP: http://troutgirl.wordpress.com/2004/06/29/friendster-goes-php/ http://trou

To clarify, their system was Java/JSP running on Tomcat, and they rewrote it in PHP: http://troutgirl.wordpress.com/2004/06/29/friendster-goes-php/ http://troutgirl.wordpress.com/2004/06/29/friendster-goes-ph... I found it both enjoyable and disappointing to read the many opinions shared in the comments as to why PHP is faster/better than Java (mostly), Java is faster/better than PHP, and perhaps most insidious, why both are every bit as good as each other (let's all just get along!).