Austin Ziegler <halostatue / gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Java is much faster. Search for "Language Shootout".
> 
> ..and then ignore everything that you read on it, because the Alioth
> shootout is garbage run by people who don't know what they're doing
> and are dishonest (at least to themselves) about this fact.

Could we have a c2-style shootout debate thread somewhere on the wiki,
and then just point people to it? Otherwise the *same* thread plays
itself out *every last time*.

http://rubygarden.org/ruby?BenchMarks

martin