Hello experts, I thought this topic was quite related so posted in this same thread.. We are going to start a new website (serving videos but several database intensive features as well), and we think it will hopefully reach a stage where scalability is going to become important. Hence I wanted some idea abt speed.. I checked several benchmarks online between PHP, Python and Ruby, and found that Python is a strong winner here, with PHP and Ruby about distant second. However with Ruby 2.0, I read that it will use a bytecode compiler YARV, which will make it significantly faster than its current implementation Ruby 1.8... ? My question: 1. When can I reasonably expect a stable Ruby 2.0 release.. 2. Are there any benchmarks as to how will it compare to PHP and Python in run speed? -Gaurang. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.