This is not a scientific nor rigorious test… But, here’s some interesting data for people to chew on. I’ve got a production site built using the Zend Framework and a beta site built using django. What’s interesting is the “Time spent downloading a page” graphs from Google Webmaster Tools.
The Zend Framwork Graph — average speed [...]
Zend Framework vs. Django Performance
April 24th, 2009
Performance of Python, PHP and Perl
June 10th, 2008
Had a 7GB text file that I needed to run some parsing on (to prepare for a DB import). As part of my habit I pulled out perl and whipped up a quick program to parse and generate some loadable files. While watching it run I got to thinking about … why … why perl [...]
Tags: performance · perl · php · python
Bad Metrics for Trends in Programming Languages
December 6th, 2007
Was reading a posting about Trends in web development according to Google one section got me me thinking. Their trends show end user behavior as it relates to popularity. However, when I think about language popularity I think in terms of programs written or lines of code produced… The Google trend I think is a [...]
