rubyspeed
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ruby compiler
SHOW HN2020
153points
109comments
#390of 3,028 in 2020
Top 13%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interest in trying it for computationally heavy parts of Rails codebases
From 1 comment
Looks great - but since you mention you're inspired by Sorbet, why not use their type annotations instead of rolling your own with Rubyspeed::T? (I don't know too much about C,…
d3nj4l on HN
Objections
Ruby should stay slow and expressive; use faster hardware instead
From 1 comment
Imagine going all in on a Ruby project with this specialized library that literally changes the way you write Ruby and still thinking that's a good idea. Keep Ruby as it is -…
jonny383 on HN
Rails performance and bloat overhead
From 2 comments
The obvious performance and bloat overhead with RoR aside, I have yet to see a framework and ecosystem that lets you have a programmable web application up and running with…
fareesh on HN> The obvious performance and bloat overhead with RoR aside. Does the bloat matter in the end tho? You can build a million dollar business on a single $20 / month DigitalOcean…
nickjj on HN
Big enterprises should not chase new languages
From 1 comment
The amount of new languages and "the absolute best framework" makes me think that big enterprises should never leave Java. Fancy project written on a newest tech is legacy before…
hasa on HN
Requests
Use Sorbet type annotations instead of custom Rubyspeed::T
From 1 comment
Looks great - but since you mention you're inspired by Sorbet, why not use their type annotations instead of rolling your own with Rubyspeed::T? (I don't know too much about C,…
d3nj4l on HN
Questions
How does this compare to Crystal?
From 1 comment
For practical use, how does this compare to crystal?
moonchild on HN
Alternatives named
Crystal
From 2 comments
For practical use, how does this compare to crystal?
moonchild on HNNice effort, but I think contributing to Crystal would be better spent.
pjmlp on HN
Sorbet
From 1 comment
Looks great - but since you mention you're inspired by Sorbet, why not use their type annotations instead of rolling your own with Rubyspeed::T? (I don't know too much about C,…
d3nj4l on HN