# Ruby beats them all

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beats-them-all/50276>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beats-them-all/50276 "2005-12-14T19:19:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterbe)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-beats-them-all/50276/1 "2005-12-14T19:19:13Z")

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that why I love ruby (and functional languages in general)

def fibonacci(n)  
a, b = 1, 1  
n.times do  
a, b = b, a + b  
end  
a  
end

elegance beats ignorance (ruby vs. java)