>>> where the instruction encoding >>> is much more complex then for instance for the >>> JVM, Python, or Smalltalk.
PB>> Yes, definitely. And again we see that complexity is just that complex but not necessarily good. As all others outperform PHP in all basic operations. But thanks for the discussion. I'm planning to start a new book project in a few month were i analyse the implementation of a few famous script language interpreters in great detail. -- Best regards, Lothar Scholz mailto:sch...@scriptolutions.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php