Jakob Voss wrote:
Maybe diffs are not the most important performance
issue but surely they
can be speed up.
Yes, it would certainly a useful project if anyone wants to work on it.
The gains would be comparable to any other performance project on this
scale. The C++ module could do with some optimisation, and the PHP
equivalent will continue to be used by external users if not by
Wikimedia. And they would be useful projects for standardisation and
submission to PECL and PEAR, IMHO.
-- Tim Starling