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> Were the "Ruby will always be slow" people simply wrong? Simple answer, yes. Not saying that Ruby is fast now, however Ruby doesn't necessarily always have t
by lettergram 11y ago
> Were the "Ruby will always be slow" people simply wrong?
Simple answer, yes. Not saying that Ruby is fast now, however Ruby doesn't necessarily always have to be slow. Just like any languages/framework/etc. It can be made faster, although the amount of work to get there may be substantial.
At the time ruby was really slow, and with no real progress and a waning number of groups working to improve it. Now, it appears people are making progress and working on it.
- whistlerbrk 11y agoThis is correct, I would highly highly recommend reading "Deoptimizing Ruby" available here, http://chrisseaton.com/rubytruffle/deoptimizing/ http://chrisseaton.com/rubytruffle/deoptimizing/ for more information on WHY making Ruby fast is hard and what the Truffle+Graal does to make it fast.
- ch4s3 11y agoThat's a great read even if you aren't a Rubyist, especially the discussion of monkey patching.