> > How about the speed of execution? > > There is no simple answer. Both languages use C functions which are > executed at CPU speed. But with interpreted code Python seems to be > approximately 3-4 times faster than PHP (http://dada.perl.it/shootout/).
The Win32 Computer Language Shootout hasn't been updated for 22 months. The Great Computer Language Shootout Benchmarks were updated 2 days ago http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/great/ For those original Doug Bagley tests click on "The Doug Bagley" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
