title: Speed of code execution: ASP.NET-MVC versus PHP
body: <p>I have a friendly argument going on with a co-worker about this, and my personal opinion is that a ASP.NET-MVC compiled web application would run more efficiently/faster than the same project that would be written in PHP.  My friend disagrees.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately I do not have any solid data that I can use to back up my argument. (neither does he)</p>
  
  <p>To this, I tried to Google for answers to try and find evidence to prove him wrong but most of the time the debate turned into which platform it is better to develop on, cost, security features, etc... For the sake of this argument I really don't care about any of that.</p>
  
  <p>I would like to know what stack overflow community thinks about the raw speed/efficency of websites in general that are developed in ASP.NET with MVC versus exactly the same website developed with PHP?</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any practical examples in real-world scenarios comparing the performance of the two technologies?</p>
  
  <p><em>(I realize for some of you this may very well be an irrelevant and maybe stupid argument, but it is an argument, and I would still like to hear the answers of the fine people here at S.O.)</em></p>