Re: php vs jsp/servlets vs asp

I am just writing web apps to do database interaction (search, update, create). In the future, I may want to build online stores with shopping carts and more security features though. Is PHP as secure as Java? "Chris Adams" <chris@digitaria.com> wrote in message news:004901bfe65e$a0b209c0$6f7f1018@elcjn1.sdca.home.com... > > 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. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >