What are the ups and downs of using FastCGI C++  vs.  PHP/Python/Perl to do the same job. 
Any performance or design pitfalls or using one over the other? Even your opinions are welcome. (Tell me why one or the other rocks, or one or the other sucks).
C++ is a strongly typed language...i.e. you can declare ints, floats, etc....generally you can program more efficiently than you can with weakly typed languages.  Facebook reported a 50% improvement when switching from PHP to C++.  I would consider scripting languages to be prototyping languages...when you want production level efficiency use a compiled language.
FastCGI C++ vs. A Script Language (PHP/Python/Perl)