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		batmansbelt on May 5, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Refactored PHP engine makes Wordpress 20% faster No one ever says that the different python implementations are fighting a losing battle. People generally seem to say that having multiple implementations is good for the language.

pjmlp on May 5, 2014 [–]

When there is only one, people tend to confuse implementation with language.

Additionally there is also a way to sort out possible bugs in language specification, as differences across implementations are sorted out.

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