Thank you all for taking the time to answer my questions. I've been out of the programming world for a long time, so I am back to being a newbie. I was told this is the place for newcomers to ask questions. I apologize if my questions did not contain the necessary sophistication or nuance for some to answer.
George, your answer makes the most sense. Thank you! You said: >>Most cloud servers come preconfigured with some variation of either the "LAMP" or "LAPP" stack: i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL or Postgresql, PHP or Python. >>There needs to be a compelling *application* reason to install something else: a JVM (or Apache-Tomcat vs regular Apache), Ruby/Rails, Groovy/Grails, etc. > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 7:54 AM, George Neuner <gneun...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Mon, 8 May 2017 14:26:02 -0700, Paul Hughes <p...@vivation.com> > wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >I noticed that most of the largest web platforms that use PostgreSQL as > >their primary database, also use Python as their primary back-end > language. > >Yet, according to every benchmark I could find over the last couple of > >years, back-end languages like PHP, HHVM, and Node.JS outperform Python by > >2x to 8x! > > > >So here are my questions: > > > >1) Why do the largest web applications that use PostgreSQL also use > Python, > >even though Python is significantly slower than it's biggest competitors? > > Most cloud servers come preconfigured with some variation of either > the "LAMP" or "LAPP" stack: i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL or Postgresql, > PHP or Python. > > There needs to be a compelling *application* reason to install > something else: a JVM (or Apache-Tomcat vs regular Apache), > Ruby/Rails, Groovy/Grails, etc. > > > >2) Can PostgreSQL just as easily be used with PHP or Node.js? If not, why > >not? > > Absolutely. The DBMS is (programming) language neutral - the only > requirement is that a client speak the wire protocol. That can be > done natively, or via a library/driver. > > > >3) Can PostgreSQL be made to work seamlessly to take advantage of the > >superior performance of HHVM or Node.js? > > Not really sure what you're asking. The application running under > HHVM or node.js is completely separate from Postgresql. > > Both PHP and Javascript (generically and for node.js specifically) > have libraries for Postgresql. > > > George > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Paul Hughes Executive Director Vivation International 1-800-514-8483 Skype: Vivation2 p...@vivation.com http://www.vivation.com/
