[PLUG] Facebook & PHP - massive speedup

[Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.]

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Konstanski <ckonstanski at pippiandcarlos.com> writes:
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> Carlos> Absolutely agree with Wes. There are a host of commonly-used
> Carlos> interpreted languages today that are slow because they are
> Carlos> interpreted. BASH, perl, python, ruby, javascript, vbscript. Are more
> Carlos> examples needed? Let's see the list of counterexamples. FB is making
> Carlos> their PHP run faster by compiling it. Why would they do that if the
> Carlos> slowness of their interpreted language, and the benefit gained by
> Carlos> compiling it, is a myth?
>
> You're both wrong, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince
> you otherwise.
>   
Oh please, just a little more?
Name me a interpreted language that is faster than C.
Wayne