From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T01:55:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:

> ... 
> you make good points - but let me just throw in my 2 cts:
> 
> virtual machines are stupid.  java is slow.  c++ is slow.  python is slow.
> ruby is slow.  so what.  if you want fast you need c or fortan or 
> assembler.


Ara, do you not see value in a Ruby VM, or is just that speed is not, in 
itself, a justification for a VM?

(The speed-related advantage to a VM is that it does not require one to 
know C, etc.,  or have a compiler for all target platforms.  Maybe not 
as fast as tight compiled C, but also not as much trouble.  It's a trade.)


-- 
James Britt

"You harmonize; then you customize."
  - Wilson Pickett