You do realize you are talking about totally different things compared to the post you answer to? You are talking amount of code, the post you are talking to ar

You do realize you are talking about totally different things compared to the post you answer to? You are talking amount of code, the post you are talking to are talking system resources. That is an apples to pears comparison. Sinatra may be lighter than Rails resource wise, but it is still not in any way light compared to a compiled binary. The difference is pretty staggering in practice.