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Also I dont think evaluating json based on a simple 'Hello World' is a valid test. In fact, 'hello world' should never be the standard to test the speed of any processes. If all your script does is to output 'hello world' to the screen, why bother using a server-side programming language at all? You are better off just writing it in HTML, its faster than using any server-side and client-side languages lol.

Regarding PHP, well, isnt CakePHP by far the slowest major PHP framework? Why dont you test the other PHP frameworks? How about Yii, Codeigniter, Lithium and Symfony? Id say the result is kinda biased for PHP frameworks since you pick the slowest PHP framework available, instead of the fastest or at least the average one.