From: Andy Stone <xsltguru@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T11:04:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Server Programming

Would you say it's slower in processing text files?  A single file can
run a few megabytes. That's where I was hoping to gain some speed from
Ruby.  I was thinking that Ruby would be a little slower in other
aspects, but thought that I would make up considerable ground with the
parsing process.


On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:45:44 +0900, James Edward Gray II
<james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 2004, at 8:42 PM, Andy Stone wrote:
> 
> > Joel,
> >
> > Thanks for the thread and DRb info.  Performance is a main concern
> > with this application, so it doesn't sound like the right course for
> > me to take, but I will look into it before ruling it out.
> 
> Ugh.  I hate to throw a bad light on Ruby, but it's probably true that
> Ruby is generally a little slower than Java in most things.  Just want
> you to be aware of that going into this.
> 
> James Edward Gray II
> 
>