From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-12-02T09:02:02+09:00
Subject: Re: have a problem with the loops and variable

Michael Linfield wrote:
> For something small such as testing lets say a million keys, the 
> difference would be minimal. However, when you're brute forcing, you 
> generally are testing a million keys/hashes a second, and when using 
> algorithms that move that much data through it every second, C++ can 
> make all the difference in the world.

Not impressed with this explanation.  Most of the stuff in a Ruby 
brute-forced is already implemented in C anyway in MRI (e.g. Array), or 
easily can be if the optimization proves necessary (e.g. the math). 
There's really nothing to be gained from avoiding Ruby.

> 
> Benchmarks show the difference of milliseconds, even nanoseconds, but 
> those add up quick when throwing a million keys a second at them.

And have you done those benchmarks?

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