From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-06-09T11:16:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby and mustard

Ben Giddings wrote:

> Btw, Ara, I don't have any answers to your question, but I think the 
> fact you're asking it is great.  It's really amazing to show some real 
> world Ruby applications, esp. when it involves serious number crunching.


Timely for me, too, as I've been pondering writing a (potentially) 
commercial app in Ruby, and speed may be an issue.    My argument to 
skeptics is that any slow stuff can be replaced with C code; that when 
you code in Ruby you're essentially scripting a C app (full source 
available, too!), and extending that C code is relatively easy.


James