Forum: Ruby Re: Why Ruby?

> > There are also some nice specials like blocks and
> > mixins.
> 
> Those aren't specials; they're core language features.

Specials = Feature which are not part of most OO programming languages.

> Depends on the implementation.  MRI is slow (I wouldn't say "terribly"
> slow).  Ruby EE and YARV are faster.  JRuby is probably faster yet.  All
> are plenty fast enough for most general-purpose applications.
For really expensive algorithms it is terribly slow, sometimes you need 
static
C arrays or STL...
Any experiences with Rubinius?

> Java, but I'll use it over C++ any day.  And of course the JVM is
> fabulous when coupled with a *decent* language like JRuby.

Why is Java inconsistent?
-no compatibility between built-in and complex types (missing operator
overloading, complex datatype=dynamic memory...)
-inconsistent containers in stdlib (compare the operations of a built-in
array, a List and a Map)
-Not as much OOP as in Ruby
Of course C++ is also inconsistent, it is not so OOPish, but in my 
opinion it
is easier to live with C++'s inconsistence, it is sometimes ugly, but it 
is at
least no problem to change container-types or to switch between 
built-ins and
complex types.

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