Posted by The Natural Philosopher on 01/08/08 00:01

Jeremy wrote:
>every cycle saved on redundantly compiling PHP code is a cycle that
> can be used doing useful computation.

Er.. what planet are YOU on?

Unless you are totally CPU bound, most of the time your processor is
doing precisely nothing. Thats why its imporatnt to wortk out what teh
bottleneck is. Boosting CPU power may have as much effect as fitting a
turbocharger to a car that spends all its time in a traffic jam..



> NOT running a bytecode cache is
> pretty pointless. Why not do it?
>

Because it may make no difference whatsoever. And adds more complexity.

> Jeremy
>

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