Ruby On Rails Showdown with Java Spring/Hibernate

Paradox writes "Java developer Justin Gehtland recently tried re-implementing one of his web applications in Ruby on Rails instead of his normal Java Spring/Hibernate setup. His analysis of overall performance and application size was startling, to say the least. The Java app's configuration alone was nearly the size of the entire Rails codebase, and Rails application was significantly (15%-30%) faster! At the same time, the Ruby community is abuzz because Ruby is getting a new optimized bytecode compiler for its upcoming 2.0 release. Will Ruby on Rails become even faster as a result?"

Faster?

[Cruithne]

...Ruby is getting a new optimized bytecode compiler for its upcoming 2.0 release. Will Ruby on Rails become even faster as a result?

I would assume so, doesn't optimized usually mean faster?

Obligatory

[Anonymous Coward]

doesn't optimized usually mean faster?

I'd give you an answer, but I haven't been able to fully test out my optimized Gentoo box yet -- it's still compiling.

Re:Here we go again

[Anonymous Coward]

Just watch, it's impossible to have an intelligent discussion between the two groups.

Is that so, Mr. Poopyhead?

Not fast enough for Slashdot...

[ChrisKnight]

Fifteen to thirty percent faster, and still crushed under the load of Slashdot.

Ruby on rails performance

[Anonymous Coward]

Beating Java's performance and garrulous xml-based configuration is like shooting dead fish in a barrel.

First Post!

[lexbaby]

First post!

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Re:any comparison like this...

[Minute Work]

...without reading TFA, any comment of this sort does not have much value. Maybe if he re-read the article his comment would get a %50 improvement? Maybe his original thoughts were poorly conceived/whatever? This comment MAY be insightful but any comment like this is hardly valuable, that's why I would not even bother to RTFP

Re:Ruby on rails performance

[adavidm]

....with an elephant gun

Re:any comparison like this...

[Anonymous Coward]

I feel the same way about "complement" and "compliment."

Re:Faster?

[As Seen On TV]

Nobody told me there would be sentence diagramming.

Re:Application

[Da Fokka]

There is nothing easier to scale then webapps in the world.
Yes there is. Writing shakespeare. Just add more monkeys and more typewriters.

Re:looks interesting, but does it have to be ruby?

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, you see a lot of bitter $LANGUAGE_X fans who say $LANGUAGE_X can do just the same stuff! Unless they are using Lisp or some other highly dynamic language, they are fooling themselves.

Wup! Lisp has been mentioned. Let the Giant My Meta Features Can Beat Up Your Meta Features fights begin.....

Re:Faster?

[hawk]

>Ruby has one other massive advantage over Java on the medium-term horizon: Parrot.

You're just repeating what they told you, aren't you?

:)

hawk