From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2007-05-08T22:15:13+09:00
Subject: Re: 10 millisecond delay/callback

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:12:12AM +0900, Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> I do have to say that, given what this code does and the time in which
> it runs, saying that ruby just cannot run fast is silly.  I am very
> glad to have seen this thread!

It depends on what you mean by fast.  For some applications I write, ten
milliseconds is a long time, and a hundred milliseconds is an eternity.

We do use ruby where appropriate, but not for latency-sensitive
applications.

Paul