From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-07-01T23:41:15+09:00
Subject: RE: ruby vs. perl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccos [mailto:ccos@bigpond.com]
> 
> hello,
> i'm not a perl user.
> i have no agenda.
> somebody on another list i'm on just
> made something of a sweeping statement.
> that ruby is slow.
> thirty times slower than perl.
> there is discussion on that list
> about whether to use ruby for a certain project
> which is very timing sensitive.
> just curious what any of you might have to
> say about the aforementioned comparison.
> thanks,
> c

Ruby has a slightly slower startup time, but actual execution speed is about
the same in my experience.  It is NOT 30 times slower than Perl.  For a
benchmark comparison of Ruby & Perl (among many others), see the "Great
Computer Language Shootout":

http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/

Regards,

Dan