Java would probably be even slower than PHP. Whenever I go to a website with a java applet, if it is really complex it slows my computer way down.
I know mediawiki spends a whole bunch a month on server costs alone so more efficient coding would save them a lot of mine. I forgot the number and the last time I looked was quite a ways back but my guess is they spend per month about 1/10th of what one of those rich executives the USA gave trillions of dollars to (in the bailout that after it passed the stock markets crashed because investors thought it was a bad bill) spend per day on executive retreats.
So mediawiki spends a lot.
I wouldn't be sure the right language, though I've heard ruby on rails is the new thing. There's also python.
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