Re: This is why Ruby 1.8.6 can never be made to run anywhere near as fast as Python 2.5.1

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Ruby Maniac wrote:
> Even if YARV proves to be 2x faster than Ruby 1.8.6 the resulting Ruby
> code will still be 10x slower than the fastest Python code.

Care to bet on that? I just benchmarked "YARV" at something like 5X Ruby
1.8.6, with some bursts as high as 72X!