Posted by Vadim

When I loaded GigaBytes of XMLs into mysql database with PHP script, I was thinking about PHP alternatives. Why do I need that ?
1. PHP is slow - I’m speaking about area of data processing and implementation of algorithms
2. No good cli debugger - I’m just tired of debugging with ‘echo’ and ‘var_dump’
3. Unpredictable memory consumption - it’s easy in processing of big files to eat all available memory
4. Need something new - I’ve been using PHP for almost 10 years, so I want to try something else to refresh my mind.
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