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Comparing languages for speed is a really odd thing to do. It's much like trying to compare the intelligence of people. Give a very narrow context, it may be so
by troels 19y ago
Comparing languages for speed is a really odd thing to do. It's much like trying to compare the intelligence of people. Give a very narrow context, it may be sort-of-do-able, but it's not a very useful picture. The problems with PHP, is _not_ its speed.
- Zak 19y agoIt may be an odd thing to do, but it's a common thing to do. People are prone to premature optimization, and that includes selecting a language. The perception that the language that's otherwise optimal is too slow has resulted in a number of projects being written in a suboptimal language.