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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: speed benchmarks comparing Ruby to Py/Perl/PHP/etc?
From:       Emmanuel Touzery <emmanuel.touzery () wanadoo ! fr>
Date:       2004-02-19 14:42:05
Message-ID: 4034CBBA.5010901 () wanadoo ! fr
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George Gambill wrote:

>Several months ago I attended a Ruby presentation at a local PLUG (Phoenix
>Linux Users Group) InstallFest.
>
>The presenter commented that Ruby (when finished) can be converted (my
>words) to C.  I suppose compiling from the C code would pickup some of the
>performance lost.
>
>However, at this time, I am still a "lurker" to Ruby.  All though a lurker
>with high hopes.
>  
>
You misunderstood, he probably meant that you can rewrite the 
speed-critical parts of the application in C while keeping the rest of 
the program in ruby. but otherwise there is no ruby->C converter around 
(that I know about).

emmanuel


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