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Can I get an opinion on functionality and performance differences between vortex and php. Php clearly lacks the integration of vortex/texis/metamorph, but the hype makes one think there must be more (except the free part-or is that just it)?
thanks

Vortex is a language designed specifically for Web interaction. The only thing that will generally outperform it is well-crafted C or C++ programs, but not by a wide enough margin to make it worth the excess development time in most cases. In designing the Vortex system our goal was to create an environment that would provide extremely rapid development and maintenance times without sacrificing server security or creating uncontrollable server load issues.

The thing that is almost universally true about almost any programming environment is that programmers tend to claim that the one they happen to know the best is also the best tool available for any job. Php's relative simplicity compared to 'Cxx' along with it being free allowed it to gain popularity. Its not a bad tool, its actually really nice for a lot of things, but its not as good as Vortex for 95% of the applications you'd have to design for the Web.

And Vortex is free with Texis so you don't have to take our word for it.