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I think 10x understates the difference. Python (not familiar with Ruby) eats memory so for a lot of the number crunching I do it turns into a swap disaster. End

by ahi 16y ago

I think 10x understates the difference. Python (not familiar with Ruby) eats memory so for a lot of the number crunching I do it turns into a swap disaster. End up with Python using up 10% of the processor waiting around for disk I/O.