Re: Pointers For Newbies, Reminders For Oldies

On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 18:26 +0100, Daniel Egeberg wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 18:13, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:08, Daniel Egeberg <degeberg@php.net> wrote: > >> > >> There is virtually no difference nowadays. It's a long time since > >> anything like that has mattered. > > > > Actually, that's not true enough to be dismissive. It depends on > > several factors. > > Well, I would still say it's far too insignificant to bother with. > > -- > Daniel Egeberg > Depends I guess on how far you need to optimise the code. I'd imagine that to something like Facebook, every split-second of optimisation is worth it, as even a 100th of a second becomes minutes of wasted time over the course of a few hours when you consider their volume of users, even with caching. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk