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All Rubyists know that in its current state, Ruby is slow. And our usual answer to critics is "it's fast enough." But there's no reason Ruby can't be ...

A war is being waged between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance. The imperial forces are laboring tirelessly to stamp out such dangerous ideas as late-...

In this interview taken during QCon 2007, Brian Zimmer talks about the architectural challenges he has faced working on Orbitz.com, one of America's mo...