From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-09-22T08:50:20+09:00
Subject: Re: I am new to Ruby and I could use some expert advice as t

On Sep 21, 2007, at 6:02 PM, 7stud -- wrote:

> Ruby gets a lot of hype as part of ROR, but everything I read leads  
> me to believe that Ruby is just too slow to be practical.

I never understand this statement.  It really doesn't mean anything  
to me.

Too slow for what?  Have you switched algorithms?  It's so dang rare  
that move alone doesn't eliminate all speed issues.  Failing that,  
have you moved the bottleneck code into a C extension?  Ruby makes  
this pretty painless for the very rare times that a good algorithm  
won't get you all the way to what you need.

If it's just that you don't like Ruby, I would prefer you say that.   
There  are a couple of languages that just feel wrong to me, so I  
would completely understand.  But your excuse doesn't make sense, in  
my opinion.

James Edward Gray II