3 ms·

Well, more of the time it's because Ruby actually is, in fact, slow.

• pjmlp 14y ago
  I though the implementations were slow or fast, not the languages.
  • codygman 14y ago
    Typically a language is considered slow or fast based on it's most popular implementation, sadly.
  • ajanuary 14y ago
    True, though language design can have implications on how fast things can be implemented.
    • pjmlp 14y ago
      Agreed, but it is still an implementation issue, because one can eventually discover ways to optimize such cases without changing the language.
• sabat 14y ago
  Ruby is not, in fact, slow. This myth has been debunked so many times that I'll just leave the googling to you as an exercise.