James Gray
1/5/2006 2:52:00 PM
On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kroeger, Simon (ext) wrote:
>
>> The code is ugly, please turn down the light:
>
> This was already true with the original (my) code
> but is so annoying now that I would like to recommend:
>
> Don't do that at home!
<laughs>
> If you realy, realy need the additional 20% speed up
> try to implement a clean C extension instead of abuse
> ruby in such a way. (you will probably get a lot more
> than 20%)
>
> I know this was more like sport than the real life,
> all I want to say is: this is not how ruby should
> look like.
Yeah, I have to agree. The algorithm is generally the biggest change
you can make and worth doing in any language, but benchmarking
specific syntax is going too far, I think. Ruby is right when it's
expressive, clear, and fast enough, in my opinion.
James Edward Gray II