# Re: For performance, write it in C

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-for-performance-write-it-in-c/100623>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 30, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-for-performance-write-it-in-c/100623 "2006-07-30T23:44:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kloubakov\_Yura](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@Kloubakov\_Yura](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kloubakov_Yura)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-for-performance-write-it-in-c/100623/1 "2006-07-30T23:44:34Z")

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> > > environment except insofar as it runs without that environment.
> > 
> > Here’s all I’m saying: the environment is important, but it’s a variable  
> > that must be cancelled when talking about some piece of software that’s  
> > running on top of it. You can only make judgements about the speed of  
> > something like Excel by comparing it to another spreadsheet with a  
> > similar set of features running on Windows. Otherwise, you’re only  
> > making guesses as to where the sluggishness and bloat lie.

Is not it simple and obvious that for the complete picture you need  
both numbers – the one that includes the start-up time and the one  
that does not?

Yura.