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PHP isn't interpreted? heh.
PHP is slow as hell when compared to other languages when you take away CGI. i.e. PHP vs. mod_perl there isn't even a contest.
PHP is very much so interpreted. In fact, it's based on Perl.
Of course, I am bigotted against PHP, I think it's a very poorly done language, with not too much regard towards security and availability. It's getting better, but is still an absolute headache to support in a hosting role, when upgrades tend to break random functions in peoples scripts and whatnot.
PHP is fine for many uses, but performance is not one of them. It may be better than */CGI in most cases, but not always.
-Phil
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