Hello all. >>Mini-Me: There are criticisms of PHP being >>unsuitable for computationally-intensive tasks >>because it is an interpreted language. Do you think >>the Zend compiler is the answer to this? Does it >>produce code whose speed is comparable to that >>produced by a C/C++ compiler? >Nico: Yes, since it is code produces by a C >compiler. Ah, now we can get down to serious comp. bio. stuff. Fro some time, I've shied away from writing the more computationally-intensive algorithms/modules knowing that it's not one of PHP's strengths. But if what you're saying is true, then its "no holds barred, take no prisoners" from now on. =) Oh, but first I'd have to raise the $ 2,000 to afford a copy of Zend. *chuckle* Or are they giving it away now? *fingers crossed* >Nico: B.t.w. there is a nice (and free) accelerator >for php available (www.php-accelerator.co.uk/). It >caches (compiled) php code on disk and in RAM. I have >it installed on our server and it works flawlessly. Thanks for that tidbit. I'll check it out pronto. Btw, can anyone take a look at my MySQL scripts and convert them to Pear or ADODB syntax? You can find them here: http://genephp.sourceforge.net/mysql_dbscripts.html While I've been using ADODB for some time (via Phakt), I've never really paid close attention to its (finer) syntax. PEAR DB I haven't used much. I'm thinking of extending the I/O demo scripts (see URL below) to generate SQL scripts (INSERTs) for data that have been parsed. http://genephp.sourceforge.net/io_set.html Or to illustrate: Parse SQL Native format --> Data items --> INSERT SQL stmts (GB, EMBL, etc) Cheers! Serge Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com