If speed is so important, why not use Java, or even C++? Granted Ruby 1.8.x isn't especially fast, and Rails doesn't help, but its not the only thing to consider! ;)
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Oroku Saki < [email protected]> wrote: > > Ryan Bigg wrote: > > You're posting on a ruby forum, about how good python is? > > > > Um... right. > > I just thought that we were all here to make each other's lives easier. > Python, Ruby, Rails, Web2Py - All open source/free/community supported. > > I'm not trying to start a language war. It's just that Python runs > nearly 7 times faster than Ruby, so naturally a framework built on > Python can run 7 times as fast as Rails if properly built. That's the > only reason I left Ruby for good, out of all the little reasons, is > because it runs so slow. Otherwise, I kind of like it. > > If I was walking through the desert, I'd rather have a bottle of water > (easy, just open and drink) strapped to my back than a giant cactus > (hard, crush and collect, then drink), and I'd rather have both of my > legs to run faster than to have gangrene in one of my thighs and hobble > at 1/7th of the speed. Thought you might like the same. Wouldn't you? > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
