Webware vs. PHP - performance comparision!!!

[JZ]

I created an application based on Webware and Python. I was surprised
why it works so slowly. So I decided to check how fast are different
Python solutions against PHP. 

My hardware and software settings are:

WindowsXP Pro, Athlon XP2800+, 512DDRdual,

Python 3.3.2 stable
Webware & WebKit & mod_webkit.dll  CVS 2003-09-19
Cheetah CVS 2003-09-19
Spyce 3.11
vs.
PHP 4.3.3 stable
MMCache 2.4.1

For page request I used wget.

My testing code is
=============
import os, time
url = [
    r'http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testpython.py',
    r'http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testcheetah.tmpl',
    r'http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testcheetah.py',
    r'http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testpsp.psp',
    r'http://localhost/testphp.php',
    r'http://localhost/testspyce.spy',
    ]
for u in url:
    t1=time.time()
    print '>>>%s' % u,
    os.system('wget  -m %s -o stress.log' % u)
    t = time.time()-t1
    print ' => time: %f s' % t

testpython.py:
===========
from WebKit.Page import Page
class testpython(Page):
    def writeHTML(self):
        cpunter = 100
        i=int(self.request().field('c', 0))
        self.write('<p>Try: %d</p>' % i)
        if 0 < i <100:
            i += 1
            self.write("<a href='http://%s?c=%d'>next</a>" %\
                            (self.request().serverURL(), i))
        else:
            self.write("<a href='http://%s?c=1'>next</a>" %\
                            self.request().serverURL())

testcheetah.tmpl:
=============
#set $counter = 100
#set $i=$int($request.field('c', 0))
<p>Try: $i</p>
#if 0 < $i <$counter:
    <a href='http://${request.serverURL()}?c=${i+1}'>next</a>
#else
    <a href='http://${request.serverURL()}?c=1'>next</a>
#end if


testpsp.psp:
==========
<%
counter = 100
i=int(req.field('c', 0))
res.write("<p>Try: %d</p>" % i)
if 0 < i <counter:
    res.write("<a href='http://%s?c=%d'>next</a>" % (req.serverURL(),
i+1))
else: 
    res.write("<a href='http://%s?c=1'>next</a>" % req.serverURL())
%>

testspyce.spy
==========
<%\
counter = 100
i =request.get1('c', 0)
%>
<p>Try: <%=i%></p>
<%if 0 < i < counter:{%>
    <%i += 1%>
    <a
href='http://localhost<%=request.uri("path")%>?c=<%=i%>'>next</a>
<%} else: {%>
    <a href='http://localhost<%=request.uri("path")%>?c=1'>next</a>
<%}%>

testphp.php:
==========
<?php
$counter = 100;
$i =$_GET['c'] ? $_GET['c'] : 0;
echo "<p>Try: $i</p>";
if ($i > 0 and $i < $counter) {
    $i += 1;
    echo "<a
href='http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?c=$i'>next</a>";
} else {
    echo "<a
href='http://{$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?c=1'>next</a>";
}
?>


RESULTS:
=========

Webware servlet without templates:
>>>http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testpython.py  => time: 20.078000 s

Webware servlet with its PSP templates
>>>http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testpsp.psp  => time: 20.015000 s

Webware with Cheetah template/servlet:
>>>http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testcheetah.tmpl  => time: 20.235000 s

Webware with Cheetah servlet (compiled with cheetah-compile script):
>>>http://localhost/WK/test/test1/testcheetah.py  => time: 20.250000 s

PHP with mod_php4 and MMCache free accelerator
>>>http://localhost/testphp.php  => time: 3.891000 s [mcache & mod_php4]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PHP as CGI
>>>http://localhost/testphp.php  => time: 15.094000 s

Spyce as CGI:
>>>http://localhost/testspyce.spy  => time: 53.672000 s
(I coud not test Spyce and mod_python because mod_python 3.0.3 does
not work with Python 2.3.2)

What you think about it? PHP with MMCache accelerator is about 6x
faster than teh fastest Python! I like Python but I am very
disappointed its performance!!! :-((((( The difference is so huge,
that I think about rewriting my Python code back to PHP....

Links:

Python http://www.python.org/
Webware http://webware.sourceforge.net/
Cheetah http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/
Spyce http://spyce.sourceforge.net/

PHP http://www.php.net/
MMCache http://turck-mmcache.sourceforge.net/

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JZ ICQ:6712522