# Re: Numeric Maze (#60)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-numeric-maze-60/51663>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-numeric-maze-60/51663 "2006-01-05T17:44:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KroegerS_Simon_Sext)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-numeric-maze-60/51663/1 "2006-01-05T17:44:31Z")

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> The code is ugly, please turn down the light:

This was already true with the original (my) code  
but is so annoying now that I would like to recommend:

Don’t do that at home!

If you realy, realy need the additional 20% speed up  
try to implement a clean C extension instead of abuse  
ruby in such a way. (you will probably get a lot more  
than 20%)

I know this was more like sport than the real life,  
all I want to say is: this is not how ruby should  
look like.

cheers

Simon

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**Author:** ![KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KroegerS\_Simon\_Sext](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/KroegerS_Simon_Sext)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-numeric-maze-60/51663/2 "2006-01-05T17:44:45Z")

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On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kroeger, Simon (ext) wrote:

> > The code is ugly, please turn down the light:
> 
> This was already true with the original (my) code  
> but is so annoying now that I would like to recommend:
> 
> Don’t do that at home!

> If you realy, realy need the additional 20% speed up  
> try to implement a clean C extension instead of abuse  
> ruby in such a way. (you will probably get a lot more  
> than 20%)
> 
> I know this was more like sport than the real life,  
> all I want to say is: this is not how ruby should  
> look like.

Yeah, I have to agree. The algorithm is generally the biggest change  
you can make and worth doing in any language, but benchmarking  
specific syntax is going too far, I think. Ruby is right when it’s  
expressive, clear, and fast enough, in my opinion.

James Edward G. II