[PLUG] Facebook & PHP - massive speedup

wes plug at the-wes.com
Thu Feb 4 20:07:54 UTC 2010


On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Randal L. Schwartz
<merlyn at stonehenge.com>wrote:

> >>>>> "wes" == wes  <plug at the-wes.com> writes:
>
> wes> it's not strictly a compiled vs. interpreted issue, but the general
> rule
> wes> is that compiled languages are usually able to do the same operations
> as
> wes> an interpreted language much faster.
>
> Which was true in the 70s, and has no applicability today.  Please
> stop perpetuating the myth.
>
> However, yes, in this case, the WTF is they're still using PHP. :)
>
> --
> Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
>


I will promise to stop perpetuating the myth as soon as it becomes a myth. I
did say there are exceptions, but this is still largely the case.

-wes



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