On Jul 30, 4:56 am, koblas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ruby has been getting pummeled for the last year or more on the > performance subject. They've been working hard at improving it. From > my arm chair perspective Python is sitting on it's laurels and not > taking this as seriously as it probably should.
I personally DON'T think that the developers should be chasing down every micro-benchmark. Someone has to look-up and see the bigger picture. If you take a look at a larger set of micro benchmarks, then Ruby is below par when compared to Python and Perl on speed. I had the misfortune to read their development group entries when a critical bug was 'fixed' by a release from Japan that didn't have enough testing and so think the Ruby development 'group' have problems of quality that they also need to address. (And are doing I think by adding to their test-suite). PyPy and previous tools like Psyco are ways in which Python developers are continuing to see above the eternal grind of micro- optimising the C-interpreter to try and give us tools that can approach compiled language speeds from the language we love. I like to think of it as working smarter rather than harder - the brains a much better muscle :-) - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
