Comment Comment by nthj > Ruby is hilarious slow, for example.[citation needed]. Also, relevant Stack Overflow debate is available. [1] TL;DR: yes, of course Ruby is slower than, say, C, but today's bottleneck isn't hardware, it's developer productivity. (Developer time costs way more than hardware.)[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2529852/why-do-people-sa... parent nthj 12 years ago
[citation needed]. Also, relevant Stack Overflow debate is available. [1] TL;DR: yes, of course Ruby is slower than, say, C, but today's bottleneck isn't hardware, it's developer productivity. (Developer time costs way more than hardware.)
[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2529852/why-do-people-sa...