2009/3/1 Paul Rubin <http>: > Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> writes: >> I'm not sure what you think the speed of Ruby has to do with Python. > > In the real world, people care about the relative speed of programs.
Yes, and they care about the cost of programs, and about the functionality of programs. If I wanted fast code I wouldn't use Python *or* Ruby (I'd probably use FORTH; C would be a more mainstream choice) -- but don't expect the program soon. Even where speed does matter, plain Python against plain Ruby isn't a meaningful comparison, because a common style in Python (and probably in Ruby too) is to get the code working, then if there are any *measured* bottlenecks to optimise them in C++. That means that in practice there won't be a perceptible speed difference for the user. -- Tim Rowe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
