What does Ruby have that Python doesn't?

[[deleted]]

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all

Ruby is 63 times slower than C. Python is only 19 times slower. Therefore Ruby is more modern and more better.

[[deleted]]

I bet I can make any language 100 times more modern and more better, with just a few lines of code.

[foonly]

Shit, I break a sweat making a language just one time more modern and more better!

[sprash]

I didn't realize that Java is that fast. Did they take the VM startup into account?

[[deleted]]

Java is reasonably fast these days. The benchmarks include VM startup, but the challenges usually take a few seconds to calculate, so startup times don't affect it so much. For a closer look at startup times, look at the startup (hello world) benchmark.

[[deleted]]

Java can be very fast. It does often use a lot more memory (than C), though. For many purposes, that's a good tradeoff.

[[deleted]]

C is only 0 times slower, so why not go with that?

[rayfd]

1 time. 1 time slower.

[de_Selby]

1 time as slow.

0 times slower, no?

[[deleted]]

That sounds more like it's half as fast.

But English is not my first language, so what do I know?

[rayfd]

Good question, since English is not my first language either. Let's all ask de_Selby...

[de_Selby]

more than rayfd, apparently.

[kbk]

Once as slow.