From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-09-23T03:25:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Performance: Ruby vs Java

Dave Brown wrote:
> 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?

No, because Matz wants his own bytecode set. Generating Parrot
bytecodes is a separate issue.

Hal