From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2004-10-26T11:35:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Server Programming

On Oct 25, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Andy Stone wrote:

> 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.

Speed is a dangerous question always.  I'm a skilled Java programmer 
(day job) and I have to tell you true, I BELIEVE I can write faster 
Java code.  Of course, I can write slower too and I certainly write 
code faster in Ruby (and have more fun doing it).  It's a complex 
question you ask.  Benchmark for sure.

James Edward Gray II