From: Arich Chanachai Date: 2004-09-14T12:40:28+09:00 Subject: Re: Perl to Ruby James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Sep 13, 2004, at 7:49 PM, Arich Chanachai wrote: > >> Also looking for a Perl to Ruby conversion utility. > > > You have a lot of questions about language cross-over. What is it you > are looking for exactly? Perhaps we can provide better information if > we understand what you're looking to do. > > James Edward Gray II > > > I need speed comparable to that of the .NET framework with a dynamic language such Ruby or Python. So far I see .NET/Mono and Java as the only JIT frameworks, at least worth looking at. I need to maintain the libraries of Python or Ruby in this cross-over however, and I do not know if such implementations have been created. I am aware PyCs is in development for .NET/Mono and Jython for Java. I am looking for a similar implementation of Ruby. It seems that JRuby does not compile to Java bytecode and Jython does not match pure Java code in speed. I have read that alot of Jython code is still interpreted and is thus "10x slower" than a Java implementation. Someone suggested that JRuby could be layed onto Groovy to take advantage of Groovy's bytecode compilation. Anyone here know anything about the feasibility of this or whether this would achieve the speed I desire? I couldn't find anywhere on the Groovy website what the speed comparability was between it and pure Java, but perhaps I am blind. Thanks all.