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The quality of the syntax is purely a question of taste and as such isn't really debatable (de gustibus coloribusque non disputandum est), but so far it seems t

by wazoox 16y ago

The quality of the syntax is purely a question of taste and as such isn't really debatable (de gustibus coloribusque non disputandum est), but so far it seems that Ruby still lacks in scalability and speed compared to Perl or Python.

danieldon 16y ago
Ruby still lacks in scalability and speed compared to Perl Ruby is faster than Perl, according to the language shootout: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-lang... http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/which-programming-lan...
- kentnl 16y ago
  It depends which graphs you look at: These graphs tell me 1. Perl is slightly faster. 2. Perl uses much less memory on average 3. Perl uses less code. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=yarv&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=yarv&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=al... However, on Ruby18 you do have a substantially bigger problem: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ruby&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... Lies, Damned lies.
  - igouy 16y ago
    > These graphs tell me It must be the spectacles you're looking through. These graphs tell me that - about the same number of Perl programs are faster than the Ruby 1.9 programs by about the same amount, as there are Ruby programs faster than Perl programs - some of the Perl programs use half the memory of the corresponding Ruby 1.9 programs - the Perl programs and Ruby 1.9 programs use about the same amount of code.
- igouy 16y ago
  > Ruby is faster than Perl Only if you focus on a single number - the median - and ignore the complete overlap of the measurements shown by the boxplot and interquartile range.

by wazoox 16y ago

danieldon 16y ago

Ruby still lacks in scalability and speed compared to Perl Ruby is faster than Perl, according to the language shootout: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/which-programming-lang... http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/which-programming-languages-are-fastest.php http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/which-programming-lan...

kentnl 16y ago
It depends which graphs you look at: These graphs tell me 1. Perl is slightly faster. 2. Perl uses much less memory on average 3. Perl uses less code. http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=yarv&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=yarv&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=al... However, on Ruby18 you do have a substantially bigger problem: http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=ruby&lang2=perl http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all... Lies, Damned lies.
- igouy 16y ago
  > These graphs tell me It must be the spectacles you're looking through. These graphs tell me that - about the same number of Perl programs are faster than the Ruby 1.9 programs by about the same amount, as there are Ruby programs faster than Perl programs - some of the Perl programs use half the memory of the corresponding Ruby 1.9 programs - the Perl programs and Ruby 1.9 programs use about the same amount of code.
igouy 16y ago
> Ruby is faster than Perl Only if you focus on a single number - the median - and ignore the complete overlap of the measurements shown by the boxplot and interquartile range.