From: baalbek <rcs@...>
Date: 2006-03-11T10:18:46+09:00
Subject: Python a hungrier beast than Ruby?

I have tested two implementations of wxRuby/wxPython applications (stock 
price data displayed as a simple graph, and as candlesticks).

The Python implementation only showed graphs from one company, while the 
Ruby implementation showed graphs from ten compaines.

When I checked the memory usage, I was, quite frankly, stunned:

wxPython: 19 Mb memory usage
wxRuby: 11 Mb memory usage


What on earth is going on here?

The Ruby wx application is ten times larger than the Python wx 
application, but only use 50% of the memory of Python.

Is it somehow a super optimized wxRuby as far as memory goes, or is Ruby 
  just more lean with memory resources than Python?

Baalbek