On Jul 31, 2003, "David Nicholson" claimed that: |Hello, | |This is a reply to an e-mail that you wrote on Thu, 31 Jul 2003 at |13:38, lines prefixed by '>' were originally written by you. |> Greetinx, |> I'm a newbie and wondering which PHP script or CGI in C/C++ |generally |> can |> run/respond faster via http from the same server doing the same |tasks. |> I appreciate your comments in advance. | |I would expect compiled C/C++ to be faster as there is no need for |the code to be interperated and compiled on each request. You will |need to do your own benchmarking to see if the difference bothers you |though. |David. |--
Usually, though, the speed difference you pick up or lose from one instruction set is miniscule compared to the time it takes for the html to speed across the Internet. Asking about speed of a script on one language against another is a moot point. If you ask "is it faster to save a cookie on the user's machine or save it in a database," you'd get an answer that would probably help you design a faster site. If you have a site getting enough hits per second to actually make a difference, then there are some other speed considerations before getting to the output. In this case, you'd have to ask yourself if the speed picked up on the output is worth the time difference in the development cycle. Jeff -- Registered Linux user #304026. "lynx -source http://jharris.rallycentral.us/jharris.asc | gpg --import" Key fingerprint = 52FC 20BD 025A 8C13 5FC6 68C6 9CF9 46C2 B089 0FED Responses to this message should conform to RFC 1855. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
