Why JRuby instead of Ruby? Mostly because Ruby has some spectacularly poor concurrency handling, largely thanks to the global interpreter lock
http://www.igvita.com/2008/11/13/concurrency-is-a-myth-in-ruby/ That, and other numerous optimisations that the JVM can offer. <http://www.igvita.com/2008/11/13/concurrency-is-a-myth-in-ruby/> On 1 September 2010 12:21, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]>wrote: > So why bother with JRuby if you dont care for Java or any of the zillion > libraries..You might as well jump straight to the real thing from the > beginning... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
