Its hard to think of a scripting language where this isn't an option. But Rails isn't ruby, and loops aren't always the problem. The fact that just about every

Its hard to think of a scripting language where this isn't an option. But Rails isn't ruby, and loops aren't always the problem. The fact that just about every rails performance issue ends in another language is the most telling part of the story. IF your php framework is slow, you might see a BIG speed boost from native PHP, or HHVM, or last resort C. Python has a similar option chain, and that just ISNT there for rails.