Re: PHP console script vs C/C++/C#

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:58:14AM -0600, Nathan Nobbe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Nick Stinemates <nick@stinemates.org> > wrote: > > > > If I wrote the console application in a c language (and compiled) would > > one > > > expect to see any improvements in performance? If so, how much > > improvement > > > could one expect (in general)? > > > > Depends. Shitty algorithms are shitty, regardless of language > > implementation. > > > > > right, but there shitiness is relative to the performance of the underlying > language. according to the great computer language shootout, if OP > implemented in C / C++ he could expect something along the lines an increase > in performace ~ 23x greater than the current php implementation. obviously > there are many factors here; and well i dont think weve even found out what > the script is doing :O. if its having to deal w/ lots of external calls for > example to a database or remote system, those will still be major > bottlenecks. but as far as processing the data and running though logic, > yes there is much performance to be had by compiling. > > -nathan I don't think there was a single place where I said PHP was faster than C, nor did I imply it. The point I was making is simple, if you have a shitty algorithm (which is the case for our op) expect shitty performance. There's no doubt you will gain performance moving to C, but, if properly designed, you have a performance that is acceptable, then why go to that level? -- Nick Stinemates (nick@stinemates.org) http://nick.stinemates.org