From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-09-26T23:54:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Recent Criticism about Ruby (Scalability, etc.)

Brad Phelan wrote:
> With regards to Python/Ruby speed issues. I am currently watching a
> complex scheduling algorithm ticking by very slowly in a shell while I
> write this post. The algorithm should should have been written in C/C++
> and not in Python/Psyco or Ruby and I am going nuts waiting for it to
> complete.
> 
> ( BTW I didn't write it )

"Complex scheduling algorithm" means different things to different
people. Is it slow because the algorithm sucks or slow because it's not
written in C/C++? What kind of scheduling is it -- combinatorial?