From: Ruby Maniac <rubymaniac@...>
Date: 2007-09-26T05:55:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Scales just fine !

On Sep 25, 1:48 pm, "Rimantas Liubertas" <riman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Given the fact that Ruby can be no faster than 1/10th the speed of
> > let's say almost any other language (take your pick) I would surmise
> > one might have to work 10x harder to scale a RoR app than if something
> > more efficient were being used.
>
> That may be true when the  language speed is the limiting factor.
> I am not sure that's always the case...
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rimantas
> --http://rimantas.com/

Are you trying to say a slow inefficient language such as RoR should
be as easy to scale as a faster more efficient language given the
scalability requirements revolve around usability by a growing
population of users ?

Name me some instances when scalability does not require better
performance characteristics ? (Better means faster...)