On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:29 AM, InventoryTrackers < [email protected]> wrote:
> > My two cents. > None of the RMagick stuff with attachment_fu would work when I tried > to use JRuby. They said they had something like JMagick? but nobody I > contacted seemed to use photos in their application??? > David > David, have you posted to the JRuby mailing list in regards to RMagick or support for the Ruby C-Extensions? Also, you can find some additional limitations with JRuby here: http://jruby.codehaus.org/Limitations -Conrad > > On Aug 16, 3:35 am, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:45 PM, AlwaysCharging <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Why would anyone use ruby over Jruby? I'm admittedly a noob about all > > > this stuff, but from what I've read jruby seems superior to ruby and > > > quite a bit faster. What would be the disadvantages of JRuby? I man > > > it's possible to use it with rails now, and JRuby is what's used by > > > default in netbeans (which is the ide I think I've settled on). So > > > why not JRuby? Would the tutorials be all that different? > > > > You're pretty much free to use any implementation of Ruby for your > project. > > Also, it really come down to what are your underlying project > requirements. > > So, why would anyone use Ruby over JRuby? > > > > o dictated by the company > > o existing part of current IT infrastructure > > o has support for many of the Ruby 3rd party > libraries/frameworks/plugins > > o developing Ruby C extensions > > > > So, why would anyone use JRuby over Ruby? > > > > o very good performing JVM and much faster than Ruby 1.8.6 (.i.e MRI) > and > > is on par > > with Ruby 1.9.1 (i.e YARV) in a lot of the tests that I have seen > online > > o allows me to access some very popular Java libraries from Ruby > > o supports both Ruby 1.8.6 and Ruby 1.9 language specifications > > o has very good support for Rails today > > o has very good support for Google App Engine today > > o can use a multitude of web server configurations both Java and > non-Java > > o has support for true multi-threading because the Global Interpreter > Lock > > (GIL) doesn't exist > > > > I'm sure that there are many more pros for selecting Ruby over JRuby and > > vice-versa but you > > should be able to get the picture. Please take a look at the following > > links for additional information: > > > > http://www.infoq.com/interviews/charles-nutter-jrubyhttp://www.jruby.com > > > > You might want to also ask your question on the following list which is > > dedicated > > to the JRuby community: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/jruby-users > > > > Good luck, > > > > -Conrad > > > > > > > > - Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
