Re: [PHP-DEV] 4.0.2 RC1 php.exe performance From: Zeev Suraski (zeev <email protected>)
Date: 08/28/00

At 11:28 28/08/2000, Stig S. Bakken wrote:
>Zeev Suraski wrote:
> >
> > You mean Zak worked on performance? Zak? :)
> >
> > Something along the lines of 1000% improvement has to be a result of a
> > major improvement in the scripting engine, and I don't recall making any
> > revolutionary changes in Zend.
>
>I'd say that a 1000% improvement _can not_ be a result of an improvement
>in the scripting engine (unless it's from a pre 4.0 version). It sounds
>more like the kind of optimization you get when some broken code that
>did way too many system calls or something is fixed.

It can be almost only from a low level change (aka scripting engine
change). Like, improvemed memory management, improved execution
performance for a particular construct, etc.

Zeev 

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