Re: [PHP4BETA] Hoard

> Is this something that you're looking at to be integrated into the PHP4 > source? Probably not. The main reason being the license is annoying. > If so (or if it's something that someone could use as a 'bolt-on' addition > when compiling PHP), then exactly what benefits could it bring to PHP? They > say it "can dramatically improve the performance of multithreaded programs", > but in what way? It improves performance for threaded programs running on SMP boxes, and yes, it might be possible to do a bolt-on job. > It seems (from my interpretation) that as Hoard speeds up memory allocation, > that this will only make a big difference for the CGI version of PHP, as > memory is allocated primarily on a program's startup/shutdown. The Apache > module version of PHP is always in memory, is it not? Well, memory is still allocated. Not as often, true, but third-party libs that just call malloc/free directly that are linked into PHP might benefit as well. There is really no way to know if it will speed things up until you give it a whirl. -Rasmus