Python vs PHP for our rewrite?

[Mike Brenner]

PHP is currently more "cool" than Python, and it is integrated into
some "cool" programs, but my experience is that it is not faster
than Python. 

I agree that more companies host PHP than Python, but I did not think
of this as a performance thing. There are a bunch that host Python.

I guess we will have to do some exact timing on PHP vs. Python.



> The goal is to sell it as a third party for people to host on the own
> providers, which is why the business side of Python has him concerned

PHP must be sold as source while Python has the option for source and/or
compiled

A Google search for "hosting php" yields about 7x the number of hits as
"hosting python".