# Re: Ruby to java or java to ruby converter

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-to-java-or-java-to-ruby-converter/82937>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 22, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-to-java-or-java-to-ruby-converter/82937 "2007-01-22T15:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeln](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@michaeln](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/michaeln)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-to-java-or-java-to-ruby-converter/82937/1 "2007-01-22T15:57:15Z")

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Vinod Kone wrote:

> hi,
> 
> am a newbie to ruby and was wondering whether there is any ruby2java or  
> java2ruby converter? we are planning to compare both the languages based  
> on some benchmarks…so thought a converter would come in handy. any  
> suggestions?

I have implemented a rudimentary Ruby to Javascript converter. So I  
don’t  
think it should be much harder to do the same with Java. Of course as  
Java is  
static typed, one would need to pass Objects everywhere and do runtime  
type-casting all the time, unless one implements some kind of type  
inference  
for Ruby (which I think is possible and usable is some situations). So  
in the  
end, I don’t think it would be much faster than Ruby, maybe even slower.  
Well, it would probably be faster than JRuby but much less flexible (as  
I’m  
talking only about a subset of Ruby, without the whole dynamism Ruby  
provides  
you with).

Regards,

Michael