On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Nick Stinemates <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think there was a single place where I said PHP was faster than > C, nor did I imply it. > > > Depends. Shitty algorithms are shitty, regardless of language > > implementation. implies that the same algorithm in different languages will not perform differently. thats innacurate. the same algorithm w/o external dependencies, such as db calls, or calls to remote systems will run faster in java / c / c++ and others than it will in php. The point I was making is simple, if you have a shitty algorithm (which > is the case for our op) expect shitty performance. > right, and i agree with that, but its a different point. if op moved the same shitty algorithm to c it would be faster. > There's no doubt you will gain performance moving to C, but, if properly > designed, you have a performance that is acceptable, then why go to that > level? obviously, it makes perfect sense to clean up php code (esp if its written poorly) prior to porting to a low-level language. i am in total agreement with you there. however, the point i was making was, if the same crap was ported to a compiled language, it would be faster (barring external calls that for example go over the network [which even then it would likely still be a little faster]). -nathan
