From: "Brian Schröder" <ruby.brian@...>
Date: 2005-08-11T20:50:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Performance Ruby

On 11/08/05, Goel <spam@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any benchmark of the performance of Ruby vs. C, C++, Java etc?
> 
> I couln't find it on the ruby website.
> 
> Regards

You could start reading with this thread

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_frm/thread/b4232ad4e01ed3ef/fd98604d40d7a6f3?lnk=st&q=benchmark+comp.lang.ruby&rnum=23&hl=en#fd98604d40d7a6f3

theres a lot about this in the archives. It boils down to ten simple
commandments and one addition:

1.) Optimize only when it is really too slow.
2.) Only optimize if it is too slow
3.) Only optimize if it is too slow
4.) Only optimize if it is too slow
5.) Only optimize if it is too slow
6.) Optimize first by using a better algorithm.
7.) Only optimize if it is too slow
8.) If it really really is too slow rewrite the slow parts in C.
9.) Only optimize if it is too slow
10.) Only optimize if it is too slow

((11)) A lot of people think that the Alioth Benchmarks are crap.

regards,

Brian

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