On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Fily Salas <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Paul Hollyer wrote in post #987913: > > > > http://pragprog.com/titles/ruby/programming-ruby > > http://pragprog.com/titles/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails > > > > Tutorials > > http://railscasts.com/ > > > > Best of luck > > > > Paul > > Thank you for the links > > > no, ruby is not good for desktop apps, since is slow and if you compile > it, > > it looses some of its advantages. > > Wow! I knew that it was slow but I thought that was the only issue which > to me its not a big deal since I will be creating small apps. Also I > thought it was its (original) main purpose to be used for computer apps. > > Can you explain this a little bit more? > > Well, ruby is never compiled, you can use it to build command line tools or wrappers around fast c++ libraries. One benefit of been scripted is that is can evaluate its own code on run time which allows for neat tricks like the ones active record uses to create dynamic finders. Is not so slow that is useless, but it cant be compared to C++. But the flexibility it offers makes it great for programmers and on the web the speed does not show when you compare it to network lag. -- 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
