Fine. Java is not Rails. Happy? Now what is the corporate default? Java frameworks? Which are implemented in Java while Rails is implemented in Ruby?krainboltgreene wrote:1. You compared Java to Rails. Rails is not Ruby. Ruby is not Rails.
I was not aware of Ruby being faster at anything than Java. With the Hotspot VM giving C++ a run for it's money I actually think it is fair to say that Java is faster than Ruby. Java is also unnecessarily verbose and has an unhealthy S/M relationship with XML while C++ is made of Arbitrarium and distilled evil. But that does not mean they are not faster than Ruby, generally speaking. Usually it is not even a contest.krainboltgreene wrote:2. Java is not faster than Ruby. That is blanket statement that really does disservice to your credibility. Java, the programming language, is "faster" than Ruby 1.8 (MRI) with optimized programs built to test speed.
And that's fine. Ruby is not a speed demon and wasn't designed to be one. Ruby is designed to be beautiful, to be able to bend the language and to write code quickly. I love the language. And for nearly all tasks it is fast enough. But if you do require speed Ruby is certainly not a top contender.