From: Nuralanur@...
Date: 2005-06-14T06:53:44+09:00
Subject: Re: python/ruby benchmark(don't shoot the messenger)

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Tanner Burson wrote:
> I've tried to stay out of this thread, because  I don't feel it's
> providing, or furthering much intelligent  discussion.  But what on
> earth are you attempting to say by this  quote?  Or are you just
> throwing out random things for the sake of  saying that somewhere, for
> a given problem domain, there is a language  more suited than Ruby?  If
> so thanks, point taken.  If not  would you mind clarifying by saying
> something a bit more  descriptive?  Is the above quote actually in
> reference to a given  language you're attempting to introduce everyone
> to?  Or is it just  a generic example with no meaning whatsoever?

Sorry.

Only 2  options were presented - slow-to-write fast-to-run C and
fast-to-write  slow-to-run Ruby - there are other possibilities. That's
all.

Yes, of  course. I was stating my personal views without claiming
generality.
Mmh, benchmarks seem to be good essentially for one thing,  to judge
by this thread - propagate bad mood. I tried to change that a bit ,  without
success apparently.
If people should really be running away from Ruby or see
it as a language good for web-development only because of bad
benchmarks, my proposal would be to try to identify a small set
of features which are slowing down the relative performance of Ruby  in
applications many people feel important and enhance them in a future  version.
Maybe that's what this not-so providing thread could eventually do.
So far, I myself am quite happy with Ruby's performance, so I  couldn't
open a list, but nevertheless, I think that if it is was possible to  identify
some consensus about say the five biggest downslowers in important  
applications
and fix them in a later version, this could achieve more than trying  to
put much more work into fixing many more problems.
 
Best regards,
 
Axel

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