From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2004-01-13T06:52:34+09:00
Subject: Re: faster integer arithmetics & arbitrary precision floating number


On Jan 12, 2004, at 15:43, Charles Mills wrote:

> What abouts Rubys design would make integer arithmetic slower than 
> integer
> arithmetic in Perl?

class Fixnum
   def +(other)
     self.to_s + other.to_s
   end
end

puts 1 + 2    #=>  "12"


Ruby has to do full OO method dispatch for basic arithmetic operators.


Cheers

Dave