On: PHP at the speed of C

[microcolonel]

Interestingly, he didn't bother to measure the speed of a C program that does this. ;)

[ircmaxell → microcolonel]

Actually, the PECL compiler he mentions generates C, and then compiles it using GCC with -O3.

So in a way, yes it is measuring the speed of a C program. Not a hand-optimized one, but it's compiled the same.

[sebastianavina → microcolonel]

I kind of doubt he understands why C is generally faster.