From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2008-03-29T13:40:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Is ruby is faster than all Object oriented Scripting langs

Mark Ryall wrote:
> It does seem a somewhat inflammatory statement to make on this list.
> 
> Clearly it is a completely subjective argument but i think if you want
> incredible performance, C is a pretty good option but if you want to enjoy
> writing code and produce code so beautiful that it will make your
> grandchildren weep for joy, ruby is the best currently available option.

Well ... I beg to differ. If you actually read _Beautiful Code_, you 
will see beautiful code in many languages ... even Fortran, IIRC.