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Ruby On Rails Showdown with Java Spring/Hibernate

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-of-the-overhead dept.

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?"

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  1. Faster? by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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?

    1. Re:Faster? by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nobody told me there would be sentence diagramming.

    2. Re:Faster? by hawk · · Score: 3, Funny

      >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

  2. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  3. Re:Here we go again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Is that so, Mr. Poopyhead?

  4. Not fast enough for Slashdot... by ChrisKnight · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  5. Ruby on rails performance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny


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

    1. Re:Ruby on rails performance by adavidm · · Score: 2, Funny

      ....with an elephant gun

  6. First Post! by lexbaby · · Score: 5, Funny

    First post!

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  7. Re:any comparison like this... by Minute+Work · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...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

  8. Re:any comparison like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  9. Re:Application by Da+Fokka · · Score: 4, Funny

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