May 31, 2005

Phalanger : PHP and the .NET Platform? At speeds 2.5x's faster than PHP : 1.7x's PHP + Zend Optimizer? Is finding out really worth a click?

Apparently so.

So before I stuck my squeaky clean reputation (shhh! some may not know...) on the line I decided to spend some time playing with and determining for myself that:

a) It runs using IIS 5.1/6.0 with ASP.NET enabled (and all other scripting languages that do not directly state aspnet_isapi.dll as the executable path for their particular extension are disabled)

b) It actually passes the "Wow! That seems pretty fast" test.

[NOTE: In my opinion if it seems like its taking a long time, or furthermore, too much time all together, it does'nt matter what the benchmark states. Life is perceived. Perception is reality. As such, Life is reality and if benchmarks contradict life then what good are they in the first place? To some that means something profound. To others? They're wondering why they answered yes and are now looking for the exit button. Hint: Bottom right corner of the page, just to the left of the, no right of the... You know what... I know its down there somewhere... just keep looking, you'll find it.]

c) It actually integrates with other CLI-enabled languages, such as C#

Yes. Yes. And, [wow... thats pretty cool... huh, makes me wonder which language will be the final member of the "CIL = BILL[Me Later]" religion?] therefore, Yes..

See for yourself...

[Are you still looking for the exit button? I know it's down there but here, let me make it easier on ya... Click here to exit...]