Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:34:05 -0400, Adam Ruppe wrote: > I recently rewrote a huge PHP application in D2. It isn't a completely > fair comparison, since the PHP was written by, well to be polite, PHP > "programmers", but the results were pretty astounding. > > 90% reduction in lines of code [!], 200% improvement in speed under > heavy load (only 50% improvement under light load, still good, but not > as good), and the code is actually maintainable! Also, the original took > about a year for the first team to write. My D rewrite took 6 weeks. Oh > yeah, and the PHP is riddled with security holes. Not so much with the > D.
News at eleven! A rewrite of a shitty old version is better than the original. Now this proves that especially D2 should be used for rewriting everything! How surprising.
