Re: [Webware-discuss] Webware vs. PHP - performance comparision!

[<web...@ka...>]

--> Sunday, October 5, 2003, 7:50:52 PM, web...@ap... wrote:

> I created an application based on Webware and Python. I was surprised
> why it works so slowly. So I decided to check how fast are different
> Python solutions against PHP. 

What is MMCache first of all? It might be doing something Webware does not,
something which would of course greatly improve performance, such as
delivering static content it has deemed unnecessary to regenerate. That is
not a comparison of Python and PHP, it is a comparison of have and have not.

Now, about Python speed vs. PHP. Python is faster. PHP has less per
transaction overhead. For small pages with low processing PHP can win.
For pages with more complicated logic and processing Python can win.

Python is a faster language. This is especially evident when developing
a non-web application in PHP and Python. It is especially evident in the
language shoot-out. Python is rather fast for what it is.

I have benchmarks showing Webware overtake PHP after a certain amount of
complexity. At the CPU non-intensive end of the spectrum however PHP's tiny
per-transaction overhead beats a lot of platforms. PHP is written in C,
Webware is written in Python.

Furthermore, I have found in benchmarking, that Servlets curiously perform
slower than a PSP page. I never found resolution, but I no longer use
Servlets directly and instead inherit from them in PSP pages. I even
consider this a cleaner development process.

If someone wants to see my numbers on PHP, Spyce, Webware, CF, JSP, ASP, etc
I can dig them up. I've been benchmarking every year or two for about 6
years. I've tried and discarded many platforms... and have recently moved
to Webware, while still maintaining plenty of PHP and CF.

-Kai
P.S. Stop using so many ! and ?. It will help you.