is ruby really slow?

PYH1 · 2 March 2022 06:41

Hello,

I am new to ruby.
I heard people saying ruby is slow.
Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python or perl?

Thank you.

Benson_Muite · 2 March 2022 07:04

Welcome to Ruby, a language with a focus on developer happiness that enables both new and experienced developers to be productive. As with many interpreted languages, speed will depend on application and if libraries are used, the implementations in the libraries. Interpreted languages usually enable greater programmer productivity. Programming languages typically have tools that make solving some kinds of tasks easier, so choose the programming language depending on your needs. The community of programmers you can learn from and that develop the language will also be important in long term use of a language.

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Hello,

I am new to ruby.
I heard people saying ruby is slow.
Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python or perl?

Thank you.

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Mohit_Sindhwani1 · 2 March 2022 07:30

No, it's not. It is slower than some other languages some of the time depending on what you are using it for. However, Ruby has a rich ecosystem of libraries (gems) many of which either provide highly optimised Ruby code or include native extensions that run almost as fast as coding in a different language. For example, if you're parsing XML, you could use the built-in Ruby XML parser but there are options such as Ox or Nokogiri which are much, much faster.

If I were to be difficult, I'd reply to your questions say "slow.. for what?" but that is genuinely true - for the vast majority of users, for the vast majority of use cases, Ruby runs fast enough. You'll likely get more done sooner with Ruby once you're really using it.

Should you hit the cases where it really isn't fast enough for your needs, you'll have options:
* Try running your Ruby code with JRuby which is a Ruby implementation on the Java Virtual Machine and might outperform "regular" Ruby for long-running programs
* Use alternative/ optimised gems or native extensions that are able to leverage C/C++ or other language code to provide higher performing code for some aspects of your system
* Possibly, write some of your own code as a native extension
* Move to a different language - Crystal is a native compiled language with a syntax similar to Ruby and of course, there are other options.

Hit us up if you're really concerned about a specific use case

If you're trying out JRuby, you might find my posts on JRuby helpful: Tags and if you're using RubyOnWindows, I try to write up stuff for that also: Tags to help other developers who are using Windows.

Best Regards,
Mohit.
2022-3-2 | 3:23 pm.

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On 2022-3-2 2:41 pm, linuxer wrote:

Hello,

I am new to ruby.
I heard people saying ruby is slow.
Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python or perl?

Sean_Felipe_Wolfe · 2 March 2022 08:45

> Hello,
>
> I am new to ruby.
> I heard people saying ruby is slow.
> Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python
> or perl?

Welcome Mohit !!

"Ruby is slow" is mostly people talking s**t. Like people said it depends

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On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 11:30 PM Mohit Sindhwani <mo_mail@onghu.com> wrote:

On 2022-3-2 2:41 pm, linuxer wrote:

on what you're using it for. As far as speed of development it's freaking awesome. If you want speed of execution time, you probably want to dial in exactly what kind of execution. For many of those scenarios there's lots of Ruby tools as people have said.

Hope you enjoy your stay !!

mindaslab · 2 March 2022 10:34

I use Ruby extensively for my personal and professional projects, and its not slow for me!

If you are new to Ruby can you checkout my book https://i-love-ruby.gitlab.io/ and give feedback so that I can make it better.

- Karthikeyan A K
+91 8428050777

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Hello,

I am new to ruby.

I heard people saying ruby is slow.

Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python or

perl?

Thank you.

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Fellipe_Fingoli · 2 March 2022 11:54

Ruby is good enough for most of the applications. Isn't fast for 3D gaming
development, but neither are a lot of other languages.

Anyway there is a another alternative for JRuby: Truffle Ruby

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Em qua., 2 de mar. de 2022 às 07:34, Karthikeyan A K < mindaslab@protonmail.com> escreveu:

I use Ruby extensively for my personal and professional projects, and its
not slow for me!

If you are new to Ruby can you checkout my book
https://i-love-ruby.gitlab.io/ and give feedback so that I can make it
better.

- Karthikeyan A K
+91 8428050777

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> Hello,
>
> I am new to ruby.
>
> I heard people saying ruby is slow.
>
> Is it really slower than other interpretive languages such as python or
>
> perl?
>
> Thank you.
>
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Mark24 · 2 March 2022 14:58

Ruby is slower than C/Rust/Go, but not slower than Python.

But that doesn't matter, in Web development, database query time and network transfer time eliminate this gap.

In my opinion, Ruby coding is faster than all of them, and that's enough

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