Benchmarking Codswallop: Node.js vs. PHP
I'm sick of all of these generic SPEED benchmarks. Let me tell you some BIGGEST & REAL benefits of NodeJS where PHP SUCKS.<p>1. Takes 1 minute to install on any platform (*nix, windows etc.)<p>2. A modern Package Manager (NPM) works seamlessly with all platforms.<p>3. All libraries started from 0 with async baked in from day 0.<p>4. No need to use any 3rd party JSON serialize/deserialize libs.<p>5. And above all, its Atwood's law<p>"any application that can be written in JavaScript, will eventually be written in JavaScript".<p><a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/08/all-programming-is-web-programming.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/08/all-programming-is-...</a>