From: Tony De <tonydema@...>
Date: 2008-03-29T14:22:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Is ruby is faster than all Object oriented Scripting langs

ara.t.howard wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 8:05 PM, bramu.ss@gmail.com wrote:
>> I am looking at the couple of scripting languages I found the best
>> two one is Ruby and other is Python. I want to learn one of these
>> languages but I dont know the prons and crons of these 2 languages.
>> But as the 1st look I want to know which one of these languages will
>> be fast when we are running the application..
> 
> learn them both.
> 
> the speed will depend entirely on the application - for instance there
> are c-bindings for many libraries in both python and ruby.  if the
> binding exists for one but not the other your application will be
> faster in that one.  frankly, if you are learning either one for
> 'speed' you've got real troubles - both are 100/10000 time slower than
> pure c for cpu intensive tasks.  we write ruby because it makes our
> minds stop hurting and because it let's solve problems that we would
> not be able to comprehend in other languages, and therefore which
> would remain unsolved.  python is quite good with regard to this too.
> 
> technically speaking you don't really learn a 'language' - you learn
> an implementation of a turning machine and use it to solve problems.
> the choice if implementation should be determined by
> 
>    a) what you like.
> 
>    b) what you require.
> 
> i order them that way because very little code gets written when you
> hate what you are doing.
> 
> kind regards.
> 
> a @ http://codeforpeople.com/

Here.. Here...  As a person new to Ruby with VB, Delphi, & C experience, 
you goto love both what you do and what you use to get it done. 
Otherwise..., it's like climing Mauna Kea Hawaii 13K+ from the sea 
floor.  It's more work thank it has to be.  M2C

tonyd
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