I see this and I'm wondering.. when writing ruby code, could this serve as a good way to write performance-bound code in a easier fashion than it is to implemen

I see this and I'm wondering.. when writing ruby code, could this serve as a good way to write performance-bound code in a easier fashion than it is to implement a ruby C extension? P.S. I know this was posted already [1], but for some reason I could not open the HN discussion page for it... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10680759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10680759