Re: php vs jsp/servlets vs asp

> Which one is the fastest? What are you trying to do? I'd tend to rate them in order as PHP, Java, ASP but the specific details could chnage that dramatically. Java performance varies widely based on JVM - some are quite good, others fall apart with multiple users. ASP's scripting langugages are extremely rudimentry, so you'll be using COM objects for anything serious. COM adds a little overhead itself and there's the additional consideration of the COM objects you use, which can range from very fast to absurdly inefficient. Frankly, anything you mentioned can be made fast enough for most sites, assuming you aren't on a shoestring hardware budget. It's usually a much better decision to look for the environment that is best suited for your application simply because most of your performance issues will depend on the code you write and an environment which makes you more productive gives you more time to tune your application logic.