From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T00:42:44+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

Madan, can you elaborate on this:
"(e.g. support for apps -- Ruby on Rails)"

thanks


On 5/22/06, Madan Manoharan <madan.manoharan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/22/06, benjohn@fysh.org <benjohn@fysh.org> wrote:
> > I just want to point out why it doesn't (pragmatically) matter to me
> > personally atm.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, not all of us are in your boat. I really like Ruby, but
> if performance improvement is not going to be in Ruby's near future,
> my management is not going to buy into Ruby!
>
> In most of the corporate environments I have worked in, many managers
> tend to take IT decisions based on 'feelings'; 'speed' is a word that
> creates good 'feelings'. So, when the issue of performance is bought
> up, Ruby doesn't win (doesn't matter if the application requires it or
> not).
>
> IMO, if Ruby's vision is to penetrate the corporate environment, Ruby
> should address its performance issues among other things (e.g. support
> for apps -- Ruby on Rails).
>
> -Madan.
>
>