From: Andreas Schwarz <usenet@...>
Date: 2005-09-25T23:26:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Relative speed of Ruby vs Java for a large compiled app like Freenet

seekingleverage@gmail.com schrieb:
> I'm wondering if anyone could shed some light on whether or not it
> would make sense to do a Freenet client in Ruby.
> 
> Obviously, from an elegent code standpoint, Ruby is probably more
> manageable and in general a better all round experience.
> 
> What I'm curious about though, is the execution speed of compiled Ruby
> code vs Java running on the virtual machine.

Java is much faster. Search for "Language Shootout".