From: Jeremy McAnally <jeremymcanally@...>
Date: 2007-02-13T02:44:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Running Java from Rails

Or, optionally, Ruby can work with Solr, a Lucene based search service.

http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolRuby

--Jeremy

On 2/12/07, Alex Young <alex@blackkettle.org> wrote:
> Thought I'd just weigh in here...
>
> Javier_CH wrote:
> > On 12 Feb., 17:47, Drew Olson <olso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Coming from Java, let me tell you that coding the "complex stuff" in
> >> ruby is much nicer than coding it in Java IMO. Take the time to learn
> >> ruby and you will be extremely happy.
> >>
> > You're right, but I think bytecode is probably faster then interpreted-
> > code when it comes to performance. What have your experiences been?
> Firstly, the chances are that it doesn't matter - developer speed beats
> cpu speed in general.  Secondly, you're probably right, but benchmark it
> - don't guess.
>
> > Second, we've a information retrieval project written in java (lucene)
> > which I'd like to use and I don't think using it over a webservice is
> > an option...
> If you're interested in Lucene but don't need any of the Lucene-specific
> tools, it's really worth having a look at Ferret.  It's a Lucene-alike
> written in C with Ruby bindings, and it's very, very good.
>
> Hope this helps :-)
>
> --
> Alex
>
>


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