On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 02:24:26PM -0600, Hans Fugal wrote: > That's not what I get from the paragraphs you've posted at all. > ...
Nicely done. > Please don't paint us Rubyists as Java hatemongers out there to destroy > the good name of Java. It's simply not true. Some in the Java community > are threatened by Ruby, and things can get ugly when an 800 pound > gorilla feels threatened, but that's just the way things are. > Since you're a self-proclaimed rubyist, I'll ask the question that's been burning in my mind, and the reason I haven't done anything in ruby yet. I currently program in java, python, and perl. How can you have a real enterprise-level web-based application framework in a language without real threads? Are all Ruby app servers on single-processor machines? I'm not trying to start a flame war, I really just want to know. Although, I suppose creating any kind of spark in the tinderbox that is plug could probably be considered flamebait, I am really interested in how rails is scalable without native threads. Reluctantly searching for asbestos suit, Barry Roberts /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
