From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2006-12-09T09:13:42+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rubinius interview with Evan Phoenix

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On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 06:17 +0900, Rob Sanheim wrote:
> 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.
>=20
> Agreed, I didn't say there weren't good implementation reasons that
> you don't want to use java.
>=20
> > 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.
>=20
> 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. :)

Until Java was opened, I'd definitely have chosen C above Java any day.
(and in general, still do.)

Definitely a bit more optimistic for Java than I used to be though.

> 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.
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> - Rob
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