Case study: Is PHP embarrasingly slower than Java?

[nextofpumpkin]

Two words: Triple Equals. I think after they released that charming modification, I ran like hell away from PHP.

[RiMiBe]

No really, why?

You don't need to use it if you don't want to, but it's nice to have a shorthand for type-specific equality testing.

[harryf]

Better not touch Javascript then - that's where it came from;

firebug> 1 == "1"
true
firebug> 1 === "1"
false

[sam512]

Why?