From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-05-23T02:05:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamal Mazrui [mailto:Jamal.Mazrui@fcc.gov] 
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 10:57 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance
> 
> 
> With respect, I do not agree with the argument that one 
> should use an external language to get speed in Ruby.  I do 
> not know C and have no desire to learn it. I program in Ruby 
> partly to avoid the low level details that C programming demands.  

I'm going offtopic here, but I suggest you learn C.  If you ever want to
interface with your operating system or a 3rd party library where Ruby
bindings don't exist, you're going to need it.  Knowing C will also give
you the ability to read and understand the Ruby source code (well, most
of it), which may in turn allow you to submit patches where you think
they're needed.

It certainly doesn't hurt on a resume.

Regards,

Dan


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