Alex Young
2/12/2007 5:38:00 PM
Thought I'd just weigh in here...
Javier_CH wrote:
> On 12 Feb., 17:47, Drew Olson <olso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Coming from Java, let me tell you that coding the "complex stuff" in
>> ruby is much nicer than coding it in Java IMO. Take the time to learn
>> ruby and you will be extremely happy.
>>
> You're right, but I think bytecode is probably faster then interpreted-
> code when it comes to performance. What have your experiences been?
Firstly, the chances are that it doesn't matter - developer speed beats
cpu speed in general. Secondly, you're probably right, but benchmark it
- don't guess.
> Second, we've a information retrieval project written in java (lucene)
> which I'd like to use and I don't think using it over a webservice is
> an option...
If you're interested in Lucene but don't need any of the Lucene-specific
tools, it's really worth having a look at Ferret. It's a Lucene-alike
written in C with Ruby bindings, and it's very, very good.
Hope this helps :-)
--
Alex