From: Yohanes Santoso <ysantoso@...>
Date: 2002-12-14T15:13:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby slow??

Tom Sawyer <transami@transami.net> writes:

> yes, ruby is often slower than other languages, but that is simply
> the price one pays for a more advanced pure OO dynamically typed
> language like ruby

Slowness is an implementation issue, not to be confused with the
language that is implemented.

> indeed, ruby is also memory intensive from what i understand.

Ruby's memory consumption is modest. As long as you do not keep
unnecessary references, it will stay modest. Please refer to
http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?GCAndMemoryManagement

> but surely there's room for improvment on both counts. i think
> that's am important focus for future versions too.

Such is also my hope that Matz&co. will keep improving the
implementation (and of course, the language)


YS.