From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2007-11-15T05:11:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Merb-0.4.0


On Nov 14, 2007, at 2:14 AM, Jeremy Kemper wrote:

> On 11/13/07, Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In fact merb is much faster then rails in general:
>>
>> http://pastie.caboo.se/private/dbwggdztupcpbt6v3rdpga
>
> This is a microbenchmark of partial render speed, not a general look
> at application performance.
>
> Check out the apps at
>  merb  http://svn.devjavu.com/merb/apps/benchmark/
>  rails  http://svn.devjavu.com/merb/apps/rails_benchmark/
>
> It'd be cool to see camping, iowa, wee, nitro, etc versions as well,
> though perhaps of jruby's petstore app instead.
>
> Best,
> jeremy
>

	Yeah it is a micro benchmark but will include more and more features  
as time progresses. We will probably port the petstore app people are  
using for benchmarks and run with that.

	I also have to say that edge rails has some major performance  
improvements over the older gems so kudos to rails core for that. If  
rails didn't have to support so much baggage in the form of backwards  
compatibility then they could be just as fast imho.

	I though that rails 2.0 would be the chance to break some backwards  
compat in the name of faster and leaner framework but alas the ship  
has sailed on that one. Maybe rails 3.0 can actually make some  
dramatic changes? I'd be happy to contribute anything I've learned in  
merb back to rails if you feel like re-architecting ActionPack.


Cheers-
-Ezra