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It's just latency to the server + the server not being designed for concurrent traffic. Ruby is inherently slower than many interpreted languages, but its combi
by cliftonk 15y ago
It's just latency to the server + the server not being designed for concurrent traffic. Ruby is inherently slower than many interpreted languages, but its combination of power and readability sets it apart, IMHO.
λ time ruby -e0
real 0m0.004s
user 0m0.002s
sys 0m0.001s
- robbles 15y agoYour shell prompt is a lambda? I wasn't aware that was possible with most terminal emulators.
- evilduck 15y agozsh on OSX can do it.
- bragh 15y agoNot only there, but zsh in urxvt on Arch Linux is able to do it too - I guess it's a general feature of zsh, then?
- telemachos 15y agoI don't think it has to do with the shell. It should only depend on whether your terminal emulator can handle unicode. I'm using Bash on OSX in this screenshot, but it was easy to switch: http://cl.ly/Ab4B http://cl.ly/Ab4B