From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata Date: 2002-09-17T22:13:35+09:00 Subject: Re: Is Ruby Array#shift/unshift Efficient? Hi Matz, I also noticed that the pickaxe book does not discuss execution efficiency as much as, say, the book "Python Essential Reference". There is also "Performance tips for Ruby" at http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/lang/ruby/. Do you think you can bless them? If the target domain of Ruby is expanding every day (mine is for network simulator), it is because more and more people find that the language that you created is easy, consistent, practical, and powerful; these terms do not come together so often. Regards, Bill ============================================================================= Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote: > Hi, > In message "Re: Is Ruby Array#shift/unshift Efficient?" > on 02/09/17, William Djaja Tjokroaminata writes: > |In using a scripting language, aren't we concerned with the underlying > |data structure itself? > Interesting point. I wish users do not need to worry about efficiency > as less as possible. I'm trying to make everything efficient enough > for scripting language. The problem is that the target domain of Ruby > is expanding every day. No one even imagine embedding Ruby in a soft > real time system like commercial video games 5 years ago. > matz.