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  Reading CONSTANTS versus Global Variables
Constants x 1.73 faster 0.0011 Globals 0.0019
  + vs += integer operators
+ integer 0.0030 += integer x 1.67 faster 0.0018
  + vs += string operators
+ strings 0.0046 += strings x 1.21 faster 0.0038
  += vs + string operators
+= strings x 1.24 faster 0.0038 + strings 0.0047
  short vs long variable names
short var name (1 char) x 2.38 faster 0.0008 long var name (72 chars) 0.0019

Testing PHP 5.0.0b4 Completed on Linux. Benchmark done on: 01-Mar-2004 12:40:52


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