From: Randall Alexander Date: 2010-02-23T08:35:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Speed sprint --0016e65b6248f4cc08048038e336 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Benedikt M=C3=BCller wrote: > 2010/2/22 Alexander Jesner : > > On 02/22/2010 20:30, Benedikt M=C3=BCller wrote: > >> Ruby is not the fastest interpreted language out there. > > If you have not already done so, switch to Ruby 1.9. > Done, and I know that there are improvements. But it's not enough :) > > -- > Gru=C3=9F, Benedikt > > If you really want speed check out JRuby or MacRuby. From what I understand they are usually a version behind regular Ruby but you have the power of the JVM. I agree with speeding Ruby up to the credit of the core team they did make an effort on the last release. I do think there are a few other options. (Don't get me wrong I am not opposed to the speed sprint= s I just wanted to present other options) As far as I know the Ruby runtime is missing lookahead ability. If that is correct adding lookahead could give the runtime a huge performance boost. Another alternative to asking the Ruby core team to do these sprints we could profile, make changes, and submit the commits (and test cases) ourselves. I have never worked on open source project before, but I am speaking with someone about how to get involved and be a productive active member. It takes more than I originall= y thought. --=20 Randy --0016e65b6248f4cc08048038e336--