Re: Node.PHP

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 21:33, Michael Save <savetheinternet@omegasdg.com> wrote: > Because "normal" PHP is not asynchronous. > > Also, I kind of doubt you can outperform node.js with standard PHP. Your doubts are indeed well-grounded. Using node.js (indeed, V8-based apps in general) are compiled as native machine code, which don't require the added overhead of a parser, such as PHP. With that said, compiling PHP (such as with HopHop) would give at least comparable performance results. Still, all in all, I would never discourage someone doing a 'node.php' application. While its performance may not be quite as good speed-wise, that doesn't mean it can't become more robust, more generally-applicable, or even just find niche uses. I've written numerous socket servers in PHP for a variety of clients and uses, where they made sense (speed of deployment, ease of code-management by a number of developers who don't know C, et cetera). I can easily see where this could add value. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager http://www.php.net/