Smarty

[akyahoo]

Can Smarty compile PHP into binary code? Or still run PHP like Visual Basic, which means that computer run sentences one by one?

[Celeb]

Smarty only compiles into PHP code. This means that templated only need to be parsed once (for variable replacements etc) but need to be interpreted on every call by the PHP interpreter.

Smarty 3 will allow custom compilers to be used so maybe somebody will come up with a compiler that creates binaries.
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Darn computers always do what I tell them to instead of what I want them to do.

[akyahoo]

Thank you.

I hope Smarty can work faster, just like ASP.NET.

[mohrt]

You should compare PHP itself to ASP.NET, not Smarty. Use an op-code accelerator to maximize execution speed.