From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2007-05-08T06:23:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Performance - LOW ?

On 5/7/07, conker <hkchao@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It's sad to see ruby at the bottom of this list:
>
> http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all
>
> Any thoughts on this?
You bet, I believe that the list roughly divides into three groups
about this, just search the archives for details.

The first is: The shootout is crap, do not worry at all! Count me in
here at 50%.

The second is: The shootout is not to be taken too seriously but still
is correct in tendency, still Ruby is fast enough for almost all it is
needed for. Count me in here at 50 % too
.
The third is: OMG Ruby is too slow.

Honestly there are view of us in the third category and those who are
there admit that it is only true for some specific needs.
In that cases it is sad but...

... there is no reason YARV will not put Ruby in the same league as
Python and Perl6.

Lua might be out of reach, but Lua has a different niche and is kind
of optimized for speed by design (at least from v5.1 on, correct me
someone here if I am wrong).
I really suggest to look at Lua if Ruby really is too slow for your
needs, which I doubt.

> Are there slimmer highly optimized versions that are specifically
> targeted towards certain platforms?
NTMVLK ;)
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Cheers
Robert
>

-- 
You see things; and you say Why?
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not?
-- George Bernard Shaw