From: sigzero@...
Date: 2005-08-13T08:36:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Performance


zedshaw@zedshaw.com wrote:
> Wow, that C program is really fast, especially with the -O3 option.
>
> Too bad there wasn't a way to hook your spiffy ultra-fast C loop into
> Ruby.  Wouldn't that be great?  Some kind of "C" extension thing.
>
> Then, your Ruby (and any language that can 'hook' C) is basically as fast
> as C or even Assembler if you really get desperate.
>
> Too bad that didn't exist.  Oh well, I guess you'll have to keep testing
> these loops and comparing them with Perl.
>
> Zed A. Shaw
> http://www.zedshaw.com/
>
>

He could easily have done that with Tcl. Oh wait, you were being
sarcastic!

Robert