01-18-2008, 03:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cosmok
But what about the comparison between PHP, Perl and Python?(PHP is the slowest according to the data provided by the author). Would you prefer one over another for a particular app.
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If you will be mergesorting, yes. Otherwise, no. Every language has a weak point, or a series of them. PHP has its strong points, and just because it is slower, on average, doesn't perturb me.
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