From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...>
Date: 2005-06-10T00:30:28+09:00
Subject: Re: python/ruby benchmark.

"</script> ha scritto:
> I took a look at
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ruby&lang2=python&sort=fullcpu
> and found the tests on ruby disapointing :(.
> So what I'm asking for is a link to some ruby-specific optimisation tips.

a simple thing: do the most normal thing instead of writing code in ruby 
that is innatural, i.e. instead of rewritine an heapsort by hand, use 
the builtin sort/sort!/sort_by routines. Instead of writing a random 
function by hand, use the builtin rand().

If you really feel ruby (or python) is slow you can act later optimizing 
it, not doing it before you ever need to be faster. "premature 
optimization is the root of all evil", people say.