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Yeah, it's strange how only 2 years ago or so, both ruby and javascript scored rock bottom on Alioth Shootout, with javascript scoring 4 times slower than ruby,
by catch23 18y ago
Yeah, it's strange how only 2 years ago or so, both ruby and javascript scored rock bottom on Alioth Shootout, with javascript scoring 4 times slower than ruby, and ruby 3 times slower than python. Two years later and there's 7 interpreters for ruby and 4 for javascript.
- silentbicycle 18y agoThere's something to be said for trying to make an expressive language and worrying about how to make it efficient later. Only working with stuff you know you can do efficiently can lead to getting stuck in local maxima.
- igouy 18y ago> ... rock bottom on Alioth Shootout ... Two years later ... Are they still rock bottom?