From: Andreas Schwarz <usenet@...>
Date: 2005-09-30T04:46:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Relative speed of Ruby vs Java for a large compiled app  likeFreenet

John Carter schrieb:
> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Andreas Schwarz wrote:
> 
>> Andreas Schwarz schrieb:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Java is much faster. Search for "Language Shootout".
>>
>> PS: A more important limitation is that Ruby doesn't use native threads.
> 
> 
> Is that a limitation or a strength? It is only a limitation is you have 
> an SMP or Hyperthreading machine. And even if you have an SMP, Unix 
> processor are better than threads.

When you have to use blocking library calls, the lack of OS threads is a 
problem in Ruby.