From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-11-19T09:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby vs Java vs c++

n/a wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:00:07 -0800, Paul Lutus wrote:
> 
>> In such cases, I sometimes prototype in Ruby, because development is so
>> fast, and then translate the result from Ruby into C++ once I have a
>> working program, so the delivered program will be fast.
> 
> tx a lot 4 the feedback, Paul.  i will take e/g into consideration.
> 
> let me ask u how the the translation from ruby to c++ is done....

By a human. e.g. me. It's not automated. It might be sometime in the future,
but remember that hand-written C++ is always faster, when done by someone
with some depth of knowledge.

> 
> (that wd make the case even more to go ahead and start w/ ruby and
> translate to c++ in some cases where it wd be needed; & stick w/ ruby the
> rest of the time....)

You shouldn't expect an automated Ruby to C++, or for that matter a Java to
C++, automatic translator, in the foreseeable future.

-- 
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com