How Ruby Can Be Fast: A Tour of Dynamic VM Technologies - Glenn Vanderburg
Category: Languages > Ruby      Posted: 08 Feb 09

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 ...

The Fall and Rise of Dynamic Programming Languages - Rick DeNatale
Category: Languages > Ruby      Posted: 08 Feb 09

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-...

Avi Bryant on MagLev and GemStone
Category: Languages > Ruby      Posted: 16 Jun 08

In this interview, Avi Bryant talks about working on GemStone's MagLev, a Ruby implementation built on the GemStone S64 VM. Avi explains the reasons fo...