Php with APC or PHP Hip-hop

Question

hi

i want to know that PHP with Opcode cache is fast or just Facebook Hip-Hop

Thanks

Answer 1

Hip-Hop is compiled PHP modules/C. PHP Opcode cache saves the interpreted PHP so it can be used next time, without the overhead. So they are not exactly the same.

I have yet to use Hip-Hop, but its sheer existence and the fact that it doesn't have the overhead of a caching layer, could make it faster.