From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-04-28T09:36:17+09:00
Subject: Re: General Questions

On Apr 27, 2005, at 7:16 PM, Jason Smith wrote:

> I have a couple general questions about Ruby.
>
> 1.  How does it compare to PHP in server load tests and is there a
> drastic speed change when loading a page?
> We have an application right now that is written in PHP it probably 
> gets
> around 10 hits per minute except between 8:00 and 9:00 AM.  We use this
> application to manage users authentication against a chat support
> application.  Right now PHP is working fine but a couple of our
> developers have decided to try out Ruby and see what they think of it.
> I am wondering if this will make a noticeable difference in speed to 
> the
> users?

For ten hits a minute?  A very, very slow language can keep up with 
that.  I expect no trouble for you here.

> 2.  I have noticed that Ruby puts out updates fairly often,  how secure
> is Ruby and how difficult is it to apply a security patch or update
> compared to PHP?  What is the best way to stay informed of security
> exploits and to find patches?  Mailing lists, Forums, Homepage?

Are you asking about Ruby's Web security?  Guess that depends a lot on 
how you use it:  CGI, WEBrick servlets, Rails, etc.  Maybe I don't 
understand this question well enough to answer it...

James Edward Gray II