From: khaines@...
Date: 2006-07-15T03:27:51+09:00
Subject: Re: How to speed up ruby and make it as fast as possible

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Jamal Mazrui wrote:

> Hi Justin,
> I am glad that Ruby 2 is being worked on, which will bring speed and
> other improvements.  What prompted my original statement on this issue
> was a message that simply told someone to use C when the question was
> asked about ways to speed up Ruby programs.  I think a more constructive
> response to such questions begins by acknowledging this current problem
> in Ruby, partly to reassure him or her that the problem is not just a

You insist that this is a "problem".

But you neither qualify or quantify the problem.  Why is current Ruby 
performance a problem, and at what level of performance does it cease to 
be a problem?


Kirk Haines