perl vs python vs php

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:01 am

I've got to write a scrip to parse a ~60MB flat file into a database (don't ask why.) I'm wondering what everyone would think perform fastest, so that I don't have to write one in each language. I'm leaning towards perl, but I'd like other peoples input as well.

Post by **Lucifer** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:41 pm

Hmm, it's such a relative thing. You can probably get it running as fast as you need it in any of those languages.

Perl will take the longest to develop and will probably run marginally faster than the rest.
PHP falls right in the middle.
Python will take the shortest amount of time to develop and will probably run a bit slower than the rest.

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:31 pm

Well, I've done it in perl, which isn't that hard I think, and it runs resonably fast... About 2 minutes..

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:55 pm

assembler

Post by **Tank Program** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:27 pm

iceman wrote:assembler

good joke!

Walking Tree · Post by **Walking Tree** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:47 pm

why ?