From: Mark Probert <probertm@...>
Date: 2002-12-17T23:46:50+09:00
Subject: Speedy Ruby (was: Re: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby)


Hi, Dan.

At 05:59 AM 12/17/2002 +0900, Dan wrote:

>Ruby execution could, with the appropriate amount of concentrated 
>programmer talent thrown at it, see speedups of an order of magnitude, 
>perhaps two in some cases. This is a *very* non-trivial thing to do,

This is a really interesting statement to me, mostly cause I don't think
that I'd have the talent to do it!

Where would you start?  Speeding up the syntax tree?  Moving to byte-code
and then optimising the op-codes?  Take a structure-by-structure approach
and refine?

If it is really non-trivial, which I believe it would be, when do you say
that it is better to start again?  (Which is rite, right?)

Regards,

-mark.