From: Rob Sanheim <rsanheim@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T06:17:28+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rubinius interview with Evan Phoenix

On 12/8/06, Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Startup time for small scripts is a core requirement for Ruby, and
> that's a problem for the JVM. JRuby is targeting long-running
> processes for that reason.
> Also, there's a pretty bad impedance mismatch between the Java opcodes
> and what Ruby needs. The JRuby team is working around that by being
> really smart and dedicated, but it's not easy.

Agreed, I didn't say there weren't good implementation reasons that
you don't want to use java.

> If you combine the stats for C and C++, it is still the most
> widely-used language on Earth. Also, I never want to program in Java
> again, if I can avoid it. Heh.

Hm, well obviously I prefer Ruby over Java, but I think I'd take Java
over c or c++ any day if all else is equal.  I'll take NPE's and
Intellij IDEA over dangling pointers and buffer overruns. :)

That said, I'm rooting for rubinius.  I saw Evan's presentation at
rubyconf and I really hope he can rally other core hackers around the
"simpler is better" rallying cry.

- Rob