From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" Date: 2007-09-24T12:01:06+09:00 Subject: Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere near as fast as Python 2.5.1 Ruby Maniac wrote: > Even if YARV proves to be 2x faster than Ruby 1.8.6 the resulting Ruby > code will still be 10x slower than the fastest Python code. Care to bet on that? I just benchmarked "YARV" at something like 5X Ruby 1.8.6, with some bursts as high as 72X!