Comments on: Ruby Shootout: Fasta http://blog.quibb.org/2008/11/ruby-shootout-fasta/ Software development and more. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:18 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Isaac Gouy http://blog.quibb.org/2008/11/ruby-shootout-fasta/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Isaac Gouy Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:58:55 +0000 http://blog.quibb.org/?p=3#comment-14 It was purely a coincidence - as well as a hardware upgrade there was switch to Ubuntu, and Ruby in the distro didn't seem to work so wasn't measured. After I'd sorted out all the other issues I went back and figured out how to get Ruby working. It was purely a coincidence – as well as a hardware upgrade there was switch to Ubuntu, and Ruby in the distro didn’t seem to work so wasn’t measured. After I’d sorted out all the other issues I went back and figured out how to get Ruby working.

]]> By: Joe http://blog.quibb.org/2008/11/ruby-shootout-fasta/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Joe Sat, 02 May 2009 22:45:52 +0000 http://blog.quibb.org/?p=3#comment-11 > Purely a coincidence but Ruby fell back on the list 2 days after you blogged - Tue Nov 4 23:15:02 2008 UTC Yes, purely coincidence. ;) I think submitting 3 updated benchmarks had more to do with getting it back on the list than anything else. YARV being officially released probably helped secure it a spot on the list too. I may pick it up again in the future, but with each update finding improvements becomes harder... > Purely a coincidence but Ruby fell back on the list 2 days after you blogged – Tue Nov 4 23:15:02 2008 UTC

Yes, purely coincidence. ;) I think submitting 3 updated benchmarks had more to do with getting it back on the list than anything else. YARV being officially released probably helped secure it a spot on the list too. I may pick it up again in the future, but with each update finding improvements becomes harder…

]]> By: Isaac Gouy http://blog.quibb.org/2008/11/ruby-shootout-fasta/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Isaac Gouy Sat, 02 May 2009 21:13:27 +0000 http://blog.quibb.org/?p=3#comment-10 > When the people running it upgraded their hardware, it seems as though Ruby fell off the list. Purely a coincidence but Ruby fell back on the list 2 days after you blogged - Tue Nov 4 23:15:02 2008 UTC > but I was able to get a speedup If you have better programs contribute them - http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/faq.php#play > When the people running it upgraded their hardware, it seems as though Ruby fell off the list.

Purely a coincidence but Ruby fell back on the list 2 days after you blogged – Tue Nov 4 23:15:02 2008 UTC

> but I was able to get a speedup

If you have better programs contribute them –

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32q/faq.php#play

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