title: Is Quercus (Java) faster than native PHP?
body: <p>If so, why? (Or maybe the better question is 'when'?)</p>
  
  <p>I've found some scattered comments, such as in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/777356/is-quercus-a-viable-replacement-for-php-in-java-environments">this post</a>, which seem to indicate that Quercus may actually offer some performance advantages over native PHP.</p>
  
  <p>I am looking to use a Tomcat/Quercus configuration instead of an Apache/PHP one. (I need a Java servlet container and the alternative would be to use context filtering in Apache.)</p>