I just see a database error on your blog, perhaps you should have used Python instead of PHP? Ok, kidding ;)
Since i can't see your comparison, i have to guess. PHP wins? Would not surprise me, because PHP+MySQL is the easiest hosting to get. Wordpress, Textpattern, ... are also much more polished. btw my blog runs on Python! :D http://beza1e1.tuxen.de -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list