From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2006-01-12T13:05:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking up properties and speed

On Jan 11, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Jonathan Leighton wrote:
> Is the situation the same in Ruby? Is there any speed difference  
> between
> these:
>
> def foo
>   val = obj.prop
>   puts val
>   puts val
> end
>
> def boo
>   puts obj.prop
>   puts obj.prop
> end

Even moreso. In Javascript it's a slowdown as the property resolution  
occurs. In Ruby, it's an entirely new method call.