# Re: Ruby vs Perl performance

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-vs-perl-performance/159786>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 8, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-vs-perl-performance/159786 "2009-02-08T21:19:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sean\_Mehan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sean\_Mehan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_Mehan)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-vs-perl-performance/159786/1 "2009-02-08T21:19:15Z")

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Here are some numbers:

[http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv)

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Mehan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sean\_Mehan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_Mehan)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-vs-perl-performance/159786/2 "2009-02-08T23:50:43Z")

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Sean Mehan wrote:

> Here are some numbers:
> 
> [http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv)

That one’s a little old…this is more recent, with JRuby 1.1.6:

[http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv](http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv)

- Charlie