Comments on: Is Ruby slow compared to php? http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/ Real world talk about web design, programming and the business of web design. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-38527 Stefan Mischook Thu, 15 Mar 2007 05:31:04 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-38527 Ouch! Ouch!

]]> By: John http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-38337 John Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:49:37 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-38337 Here is a quote from O'Reilly's Ruby in a Nutshell writen by Yukihiro Matsumoto (the creator of Ruby), "I don't have a concrete plan for future versions, even 2.0..." "...Ruby's internals are too complex to maintain and can be slower than other languages." "The future is unknown, and my imagination is limited. ..." Here is a quote from O’Reilly’s Ruby in a Nutshell writen by Yukihiro Matsumoto (the creator of Ruby),

“I don’t have a concrete plan for future versions, even 2.0…”
“…Ruby’s internals are too complex to maintain and can be slower than other languages.”
“The future is unknown, and my imagination is limited. …”

]]> By: Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-7634 Stefan Mischook Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:16:10 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-7634 No. Due to the fact that there are some server install issues and that the Ruby framework is not as mature as PHP, we have opted to develop in php for the time being. Don't get me wrong, Ruby is a really interesting language and has some nice aspects - as does Rails. That said, I felt that those extra bells and whistles did not trump php's maturity and flexibility. No.

Due to the fact that there are some server install issues and that the Ruby framework is not as mature as PHP, we have opted to develop in php for the time being.

Don’t get me wrong, Ruby is a really interesting language and has some nice aspects – as does Rails.

That said, I felt that those extra bells and whistles did not trump php’s maturity and flexibility.

]]> By: Rob http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-7630 Rob Tue, 14 Nov 2006 05:37:27 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-7630 Did you ever get around to testing this? I have done some very small testing in it and feel Ruby is working slower thusfar. At this time I am not sure how it would work on a webserver and with the extra bells and whistles (fastcgi etc.) but I had heard so much raving about RoR that I felt it was worth trying... Also bear in mind we are talking about a Framework in RoR and a scripting language in PHP so the unfair advantage goes to PHP to start with. Did you ever get around to testing this? I have done some very small testing in it and feel Ruby is working slower thusfar. At this time I am not sure how it would work on a webserver and with the extra bells and whistles (fastcgi etc.) but I had heard so much raving about RoR that I felt it was worth trying…

Also bear in mind we are talking about a Framework in RoR and a scripting language in PHP so the unfair advantage goes to PHP to start with.

]]> By: Stefan Mischook http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-5390 Stefan Mischook Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:35:35 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-5390 I just wanted to update things: As it turns out, it looks as though we had not actually installed the fastcgi properly and our Ruby app was running on slow-ass CGI. So my first post on Ruby's speed was not fair to Ruby. Once we get around to fixing it, I will update this post. Stefan I just wanted to update things:

As it turns out, it looks as though we had not actually installed the fastcgi properly and our Ruby app was running on slow-ass CGI.

So my first post on Ruby’s speed was not fair to Ruby.

Once we get around to fixing it, I will update this post.

Stefan

]]> By: paul http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/comment-page-1/#comment-4167 paul Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:21:54 +0000 http://www.killersites.com/blog/2006/is-ruby-slow-compared-to-php/#comment-4167 I think ruby is much slower than php, i have done quite a bit of testing, php seems faster especially with zend server I think ruby is much slower than php, i have done quite a bit of testing, php seems faster especially with zend server

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