# Ruby faster than Python? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237 "2005-12-23T20:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/1 "2005-12-23T20:57:45Z")
Hi all, I read somewhere that Ruby is quite a bit faster than Python. Is that true? Is it true under most circumstances, or just in special cases? The same article also said Ruby was somewhat slower than Perl 🙂 SteveT Steve L. > **[Troubleshooters.Com](http://www.troubleshooters.com)** > > The process and mindset of troubleshooting. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/2 "2005-12-23T21:06:47Z")
On Dec 23, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Steve L. wrote: > Hi all, > > I read somewhere that Ruby is quite a bit faster than Python. Is > that true? Is it true under most circumstances, or just in special > cases? I’m sure you could find special cases to favor either, but in general I would expect just the opposite. Python’s got quite a few clever optimizations (as I understand it), and Ruby is known to have a few speed issues. > The same article also said Ruby was somewhat slower than Perl 🙂 Definitely, yes. In my experience, Perl is quite a bit zippier for many operations. There’s a reason we’re all excited about YARV… 😉 James Edward G. II ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/3 "2005-12-23T21:09:54Z")
On Dec 23, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Steve L. wrote: > Steve L. > [http://www.troubleshooters.com](http://www.troubleshooters.com) > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Someone posted this the other day. [http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-October/305692.html](http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-October/305692.html) ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/4 "2005-12-23T21:25:01Z")
Steve L. wrote: > Hi all, > > I read somewhere that Ruby is quite a bit faster than Python. Is > that true? Is it true under most circumstances, or just in special > cases? No. Generally speaking, Python is faster than Ruby. > The same article also said Ruby was somewhat slower than Perl 🙂 True. If you encounter performance issues, the profiler is your friend! 🙂 The bottle-neck is often the programmer, not the interpreter 😛 Furthermore, Ruby will be significantly faster with YARV (Yet Another Ruby VM) [YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM](http://www.atdot.net/yarv/) Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/5 "2005-12-23T22:19:09Z")
Antonio C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > Furthermore, Ruby will be significantly faster with YARV (Yet Another > Ruby VM) [YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM](http://www.atdot.net/yarv/) Current version (0.3.3) of YARV shows already a big boost on execution speed. ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/6 "2005-12-23T23:19:20Z")
Eric J. wrote: > Antonio C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > > > Furthermore, Ruby will be significantly faster with YARV (Yet Another > > Ruby VM) [YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM](http://www.atdot.net/yarv/) > > Current version (0.3.3) of YARV shows already a big boost on execution > speed. Definetely, Eric. I used the future tense “will be” to indicate the time when Ruby implementation will be based on YARV instead of the current interpreter. Cheers, ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/7 "2005-12-24T14:02:45Z")
Eric J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > Antonio C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) writes: > > > Furthermore, Ruby will be significantly faster with YARV (Yet Another > > Ruby VM) [YARV: Yet Another Ruby VM](http://www.atdot.net/yarv/) > > Current version (0.3.3) of YARV shows already a big boost on execution > speed. If it can run your code, that is… ---
**Author:** ![spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@spiz](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/spiz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-faster-than-python/54237/8 "2005-12-23T23:49:27Z")
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