--- Sid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many people ask me if ASP.net is faster than PHP. I know for a fact > that it is (because PHP is not optimized).
Don't be so easily fooled by hollow terms. Go here: http://public.yahoo.com/~radwin/talks/yahoo-phpcon2002.htm Start with the slide entitled Benchmarking PHP. You'll see PHP perform against yScript2, the second generation of Yahoo!'s proprietary C/C++ engine, and YSP, an extremely fast mod_perl based solution. Why bother comparing PHP to ASP in terms of performance when it can compete with the performance of two of the fastest engines in the world? People don't choose ASP for performance. Here is another benchmark: http://www.chamas.com/bench/index.html If you want some opinions on how the languages compare, search Google. Here is a link I found: http://www.netconcepts.com/news/php_vs_asp.php > I've seen a comparison of JSP PHP and CF (Don't remember where - > All I know is that it came up among the top results in google for > I think 'ASP.net vs PHP') Yes, PHP was the top performer and ColdFusion was the easiest to develop in. Lastly, ASP ties you to a particular platform, and a particularly bad one at that. Choose ASP if you're an NBM shop. Choose mod_perl if you really need that fractional increase in speed. Choose PHP if you like it. Choose JSP if you're really into Java and think complaints about its performance are unfounded. Choose ColdFusion if you can write HTML and think that qualifies you as a Web developer. Most importantly, don't choose a language based on what someone on a mailing list tells you. :-) Hope that helps. Chris ===== Become a better Web developer with the HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
