Rene Veerman wrote: >>> b) i will aim for all possible decreases in development time and >>> operating costs during, not only in the grow phase but also in hard >>> economic times. any business person knows why. >> >> Given that the lifetime effort (=cost) of any software project is >> divided into 25% development and 75% maintenance, you really ought to >> focus on the latter. If you want more performance at a minimal cost, >> surely you should opt to write in a compiled language where you'll >> get far more bang for the buck. >> > zend? facebook compiler? C, then assembler. C for productivity, assembler for raw speed. PHP for prototyping and web frontends (to which it is very well suited IMHO). (assembler is usually bad for both productivity and maintenance, but if speed is paramount, well). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (10.4°C) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
