[AlexC04]

You're probably very right there. FSTR could definitely be 'tuned' to be faster, but since this one and the other have all other things held constant in terms of programmer skill, then doesn't it come down to the language?

I mean if I'm doing something wrong in PHP, then I'll likely make the same mistakes in node.

You are right though, PHP+apache can be just as fast as anything else. I'm told that apache has a lot of overhead because of all the modules that come enabled by default. Apparently by removing all but what you need, you get a system that's a lot faster.

That's a bit more advanced though - while node's quick by default.

Anyways, I'm far from a language zealot in any way. I've loved every language that I've worked in.

I'd love t see some of the stuff you're talking about that's lightning fast with hundreds of forks... sounds like something I could learn from :)