From: Sean Chittenden <sean@...>
Date: 2002-04-08T10:11:57+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby speed?

> > This isn't unexpected; speed isn't Ruby's main target.  However,
> > if speed is a requirement, Ruby's C API kicks crap out of Perl.
>
>     I guess I'm kind of intermediate level, but I'm not sure I
> understand what you mean by "Ruby's C API".  Are you talking about
> the services documented in the README.EXT file which are used in
> writing Ruby extensions in C?  Or is this something new, that I'm
> unaware of?  Thanks for the info.

That's correct, "Ruby's C API" is writing Ruby extensions in C as
documented in README.EXT.  -sc

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Sean Chittenden