From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-05-24T03:51:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

On May 23, 2006, at 12:41 AM, Kris Leech wrote:
> Eric Hodel wrote:
>> On May 22, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Kris Leech wrote:
>>
>>> allow ruby to compiled to bytecode.
>>>
>>> I think YARV is the Ruby 2 VM you are refering to.
>>
>> Byte code interpreter, yes, compiler (something that outputs compiled
>> ruby files), no.
>>
>> PS: Don't top post.
>
> I think by bytecode compiler he means something that compiles (ie.
> makes) bytecode. Its just mis-worded slightly... He said ruby 2 and  
> that
> is supposed to support bytecode, were on 1.9 now, so not long to go :)

$ ruby-yarv -v
ruby 2.0.0 (Base: Ruby 1.9.0 2006-04-08) [powerpc-darwin8.6.0]
YARVCore 0.4.0 Rev: 497 (2006-05-07) [opts: ]

PS: Don't top post, no, really.

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