From: Marnen Laibow-Koser Date: 2009-12-02T03:56:45+09:00 Subject: Re: have a problem with the loops and variable Michael Linfield wrote: > Sajjad Po wrote: >> I want create a program like this. >> http://magiccoder.persiangig.com/md5.pl > > It'd be faster to use a compiled language to do something of that sort. > Ruby can do it, but not nearly as quick as C#/C++ I wonder how big the time difference would be. It seems to me that most of the time would be spent in stepping through arrays -- and that would be about the same speed in Ruby and C. Best, --  Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen@marnen.org -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.