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SSDs really are going to change the game. As a Ruby developer, I'm hoping to see a new language created that is inspired by Ruby but is optimized for speed. Jav
by joelmichael 15y ago
SSDs really are going to change the game. As a Ruby developer, I'm hoping to see a new language created that is inspired by Ruby but is optimized for speed. Java will remain insufficiently aesthetic, but a new language could be both fast and pleasant to use. I know there are options out there, but none have appealed to me enough yet to consider leaving Ruby.
- onenine 15y agoI'd recommend you checkout mirah (ruby inspired but compiles to jvm bytecode).
- rbanffy 15y ago> As a Ruby developer, I'm hoping to see a new language created that is inspired by Ruby but is optimized for speed. You don't need a new language - all you need is a better runtime. See what PyPy does for Python. A good JIT also goes a long way - people forget how terrible Java performance was in the late 90's.
- artsrc 15y ago> SSDs really are going to change the game. I have heard this and I agree with the other posters here who are skeptical on this core point. For read performance you cache databases in RAM. For write performance you have writes to log structured storage system. And either way if you care about your data, you replicate it to multiple datacenters and kill performance.