# Re: Zed and Luis drop the bomb on Ruby's poor performance

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-zed-and-luis-drop-the-bomb-on-rubys-poor-performance/95133>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 22, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-zed-and-luis-drop-the-bomb-on-rubys-poor-performance/95133 "2006-05-22T19:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-zed-and-luis-drop-the-bomb-on-rubys-poor-performance/95133/1 "2006-05-22T19:06:43Z")

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> partly to avoid the low level details that C programming demands.  
> I’m going offtopic here, but I suggest you learn C. If you ever want to  
> interface with your operating system or a 3rd party library where Ruby  
> bindings don’t exist, you’re going to need it. Knowing C will also give  
> you the ability to read and understand the Ruby source code (well, most  
> of it), which may in turn allow you to submit patches where you think  
> they’re needed.

It certainly doesn’t hurt on a resume.

Regards,

Dan

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