Static vs. module, realworld performance difference?

Hi, I've been advised that compiling php static is "faster" than the module version. Can anyone tell me what the realworld performance difference is? If it's not significant, the extra compile time hardly seems worth it. TIA! Regards, Sverre Johan Toevik -- <disclaimer> I speak for myself only! </disclaimer> "to be yourself, in a world that tries, night and day, to make you just like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to fight, and never stop fighting" -- e.e. cummings