From: Bulat Ziganshin Date: 2002-11-21T18:56:21+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby is too slow Hello Peter, Thursday, November 21, 2002, 12:31:04 PM, you wrote: >> it is because ruby interpreted language, while java and c++ are >> compiled to machine code. this sort of tasks definitely not for >> ruby PH> Java compiles to byte code that is then interpreted. ... or compiled using JIT. based on timings in original post, i think, his code is compiled -- Best regards, Bulat mailto:bulatz@integ.ru