From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-01-07T19:15:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Is ruby's regex slower?

On 01/07/2010 11:02 AM, Jeff Peng wrote:
> Robert Klemme:
> 
>> Before you can make that judgement you need to find out the reason for 
>> slowness.  A flawed design might be faster in C but fixing the design in 
>> Ruby might yield even better performance.
> 
> I have sounded many guys talking about the flawed design when they 
> compare a languange to another. Yes a flowed design will make program 
> run much slower even it's by C. But the problem is, if a person make bad 
> desigin in C language, will he do it right in other language like Ruby? 
> I very doubt it.

I'm sorry, I really don't understand how your reply relates to my 
statement.  I responded to Marnen questioning whether Ruby was the right 
tool for a particular job.  I wasn't talking about the language's design 
but about the design of the application.  And I specifically suggested 
to fix the design but keep the language and not fix the design in a 
different language.  Of course, if the design isn't flawed or the person 
doing the fix can't do it (in either language) then the whole procedure 
is deemed to fail.

Kind regards

	robert

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