Comment on Ask YC: Speeding up PHPComments−jrockway18ywhat other recommendations have people got for speeding up/optimising PHPUse a different programming language.No, seriously. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all...If runtime speed is your design goal, then you definitely want to think outside the PHP/Perl/Python/Ruby box. Those are fast enough for most people, but other languages are a lot faster. OCaml and Haskell are amazing; SBCL is pretty good too.−josefresco18yEvery thread on HN about PHP garners one reply which always reads "choose another language/framework blah"Let's give people advice for their problem and specific language and keep the opinions on framework/code to yourself.−jrockway18yPHP is a horrible disease. We're just trying to help... before it's too late.
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what other recommendations have people got for speeding up/optimising PHP
Use a different programming language.
No, seriously. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all...
If runtime speed is your design goal, then you definitely want to think outside the PHP/Perl/Python/Ruby box. Those are fast enough for most people, but other languages are a lot faster. OCaml and Haskell are amazing; SBCL is pretty good too.
Every thread on HN about PHP garners one reply which always reads "choose another language/framework blah"
Let's give people advice for their problem and specific language and keep the opinions on framework/code to yourself.
PHP is a horrible disease. We're just trying to help... before it's too late.