On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:48 PM, John R Pierce<pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >> What I meant was, PHP talks to PHP script engine, which talks to >> Apache, which then talks to system commands. - is there a quicker way >> of doing it? > > um, thats somewhat mixed up. user -> browser -> apache -> php that > interprets your script -> OS function > > with a native compiled language like C++, its user -> browser -> apache > -> compiled C++ binary -> OS function > > not really -that- different, as theres far more overhead in all the rest > of the process than in the actual script or program,unless its doing > something very computationally intensive. > > also note, PHP is a preloaded module, while your C++ program probably > gets forked on every webpage, unless you write it as an apache > module... ooops. > > _______________________________________________ Thanx John, I didn't think about it this way :) But would PHP be able to perform all tasks that PERL / C++ can? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532