Re:Why Wasn't Ruby 3 Faster?
by Person5478 on Thursday February 11, 2021 @08:28AM
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yeah, Heroku infamously had a really hard time getting Ruby to scale well.
Ruby traded safety (GIL) for absolutely speed, although it should be noted that Ruby's C interfaces do allow you to op out of the GIL, which means if speed is absolutely paramount you can write a Ruby C extension to opt out of it.
I've done it in the past, but OTOH if you're to that point maybe Ruby no longer makes sense.
Ruby traded safety (GIL) for absolutely speed, although it should be noted that Ruby's C interfaces do allow you to op out of the GIL, which means if speed is absolutely paramount you can write a Ruby C extension to opt out of it.
I've done it in the past, but OTOH if you're to that point maybe Ruby no longer makes sense.