Konstantin Levinski wrote: > It _could_ be very slow, if you set out to make it so. Othervise, they > are comparable in speed. > http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/ Perl & Ruby http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=perl&lang2=ruby Python & Ruby http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=python&lang2=ruby Psyco & Ruby http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4sandbox/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=psyco&lang2=yarv