From: Curt Hibbs <ml.chibbs@...>
Date: 2006-03-11T15:54:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Python a hungrier beast than Ruby?

On 3/10/06, baalbek <rcs@bgoark.no> wrote:
> 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?

All I can is is that neither Ruby nor wxRuby is super optimized. The
resources that they take are just what they naturally are without any
heroic efforts.

I can't speak to the Python side.

Curt