From: dagbrown@... (Dave Brown)
Date: 2003-09-23T02:50:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Performance: Ruby vs Java

In article <3F6E5631.F7C124A8@bayFNORDarea.net>,
Frank Mitchell  <frankm@bayFNORDarea.net> wrote:
: On the other hand, Ruby, as I understand it, executes a program by
: walking over its parse tree, in the classic Gang-of-Four Interpreter
: pattern.  Even compared to pure bytecode interpreters, tree-walking
: tends to be inefficient, especially for nested loops running over a
: large number of integers. (A bytecode interpreter is planned, but
: apparently still just a twinkle in Matz's eye.)

Isn't a Ruby bytecode interpreter kind of dependent on the Parrot
guys getting their bit done first?

--Dave