From: Andreas Schwarz <usenet@...>
Date: 2004-02-20T20:20:58+09:00
Subject: Re: speed benchmarks comparing Ruby to Py/Perl/PHP/etc?

Tyler Eaves wrote:
> On 2004-02-19, Ruby Baby <ruby@hitmedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I know Ruby wasn't created to make a fast-running language.
>>
>> But I just realized I've never seen any Ruby benchmarks, comparing
>> it to other languages under heavy load or speed.
>>
>> Anyone seen some?
>>
>> I ask for a real reason becuase it's under consideration to 
>> replace PHP with Ruby on a high-traffic website I work with.
> 
> From my expirence, Ruby is slower than both Python or PHP.
> That sad, I wouldn't be too nervous on using for a website
> in conjuction with mod_ruby. For most typical webscripts, 
> runtime is mainly a factor of two things:
> 
> Startup time (essentially zero with mod_ruby. This is also why PHP feels
>     so fast)

fastcgi is even better.

> Database querys (Not a language thing really, but where most of the time
>     is spent)

I agree, that's the most important point; the speed of the language
interpreter itself is pretty irrelevant.