10 millisecond delay/callback

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:12:12AM +0900, Lloyd L. wrote:

I do have to say that, given what this code does and the time in which
it runs, saying that ruby just cannot run fast is silly. I am very
glad to have seen this thread!

It depends on what you mean by fast. For some applications I write, ten
milliseconds is a long time, and a hundred milliseconds is an eternity.

We do use ruby where appropriate, but not for latency-sensitive
applications.

Paul