top | item 3867601 (no title) india | 14 years ago Think of it as a replacement for Lua. Something you will be able to include as a scripting subsytem in most other languages. discuss order hn newest ksec|14 years ago But LuaJIT 2 is insanely fast, even the Heavy / Fast Ruby isn't even anywhere near its speed. So why would one choose mRuby over Lua? Cloven|14 years ago Heavy Ruby is not designed for speed, and much of its heaviness causes slowness. It's entirely possible/likely that mruby will be in the same ballpark as luajit2 soon after release. heretohelp|14 years ago LuaJIT 2 is fast because the Lua world has Mike, who is a genius.That said, Lua is fucking weird.
ksec|14 years ago But LuaJIT 2 is insanely fast, even the Heavy / Fast Ruby isn't even anywhere near its speed. So why would one choose mRuby over Lua? Cloven|14 years ago Heavy Ruby is not designed for speed, and much of its heaviness causes slowness. It's entirely possible/likely that mruby will be in the same ballpark as luajit2 soon after release. heretohelp|14 years ago LuaJIT 2 is fast because the Lua world has Mike, who is a genius.That said, Lua is fucking weird.
Cloven|14 years ago Heavy Ruby is not designed for speed, and much of its heaviness causes slowness. It's entirely possible/likely that mruby will be in the same ballpark as luajit2 soon after release.
heretohelp|14 years ago LuaJIT 2 is fast because the Lua world has Mike, who is a genius.That said, Lua is fucking weird.
ksec|14 years ago
Cloven|14 years ago
heretohelp|14 years ago
That said, Lua is fucking weird.