Python VS Java VS PHP

Hey /prog/

Which of the three is generally faster? I know there are some specific cases where one performs much better than it does elsewhere but I am speaking of the common situation.

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Actually much of Python's slowness is from the fact that it's using a dictionary for everything. When you write sum([1, 2]), it searches in locals(), then globals(), then in __builtins__, for "sum". Then it has to look in sum's dict to figure out what it is, and how to call it.