tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158653486009791669.post3692464499629091834..comments2023-09-05T04:17:36.326-07:00Comments on Vampire Software Development: Class::Std or Blessed HashAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05926250964970803769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158653486009791669.post-10795535872030074902008-06-20T07:09:00.000-07:002008-06-20T07:09:00.000-07:00Er... just making this comment to turn on comment ...Er... just making this comment to turn on comment notification...RobHuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130358325310970527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1158653486009791669.post-17747810784121347832008-06-20T07:08:00.000-07:002008-06-20T07:08:00.000-07:00Ruby isn't slower because everything is an object....Ruby isn't slower because everything is an object. Ruby (1.8) is slower because it has a really crappy interpreter (MRI). Python has a much more mature runtime than Ruby 1.8.<BR/><BR/>The Ruby 1.9 interpreter / virtual machine is on par or faster than the Python runtime.<BR/><BR/>As you'll know from recent FooMongers posts, Ruby can be a lot faster. MagLev looks to be many times faster than Ruby 1.8 (6x to 40x they claim...). MagLev will be proprietary, but in the next few years I would expect Rubinius to become the fastest Ruby implementation (it has a similar design to MagLev, but is written from the ground up by amateurs rather than being a port of a 20 year mature Smalltalk VM).RobHuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15130358325310970527noreply@blogger.com