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On 2013-02-09, at 9:20 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter <head...@headius.com> > wrote: >> Anyway, I thought I'd share these numbers, since they show we've got >> more work to do to get JVM-based dynamic languages competitive with >> purpose-built dynamic language VMs. I'm not really *worried* per se, >> since raw language performance rarely translates into application >> performance (app perf is much more heavily dependent on the >> implementation of core classes, which are all Java code in JRuby and >> close to irreducible, perf-wise), but I'd obviously like to see us >> stay ahead of the game :-) >> >> - Charlie > > Well, bragging about speed is silly, it makes the other side improve their > act and challenge you. It´s better to enjoy the performance gains but not > brag too much about it. :-P > > I find language wars silly, really, specially when benchmarks are involved. > The biggest advantage for jruby is its access to a wealth of java libraries, > not speed. (well, if it´s got good speech, much better, but it´s a side > benefit). > > FC > _______________________________________________ > mlvm-dev mailing list > mlvm-dev@openjdk.java.net > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/mlvm-dev
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