> unfairly for the misconception that it [Ruby] is a slow language Ruby is a slow language, certainly considerably slower than c/c++/c#/scala/java/etc. The que

> unfairly for the misconception that it [Ruby] is a slow language Ruby is a slow language, certainly considerably slower than c/c++/c#/scala/java/etc. The question is whether the performance gap is big enough in your particular use case for it to matter.