Ahhh, got it. Sorry, I was getting a little touchy, what with all the "he must suck out loud" posts around here today.:) You'll have to pardon me, its my first/.'ing.
That's all well and good, but if by "someone" you mean me, I'd be interested in seeing where I implied that.
In fact, I didn't "imply" anything in the original article. I said exactly what I meant to say. I'm reminded of an interview with Robert Frost. The interviewer asked him how he came up with all the hidden symbolism in his poetry, and he said "What symbolism? Its about stopping by the side of the road while its snowing."
I think these numbers are interesting, and there aren't a lot of other concrete numbers out there, so here are some. They tell an interesting story, but only one of many (here in the naked city....).
Wow. Well, just a quick history of the post: I wrote an app in Spring/Hibernate. I then, as an experiment, rewrote it in Rails. I liked the result, and blogged about it. Not "everyone must dump Java right away", just "I had a good experience doing this".
The blogosphere demanded a more concrete comparison. I provided those numbers.
I have not stated anywhere that these are reference implementations, that they are the fastest things available, etc. I did pretty clearly explain the requirements in the latest posting, and both applications meet the requirements handily.
So, in sum, Rails solved my particular problem slightly better than Java/Spring/Hibernate. And the code is more fun (for me) to write.
Is that really such a controversial statement?
Yeah, the site crashed. Its, ummmm, well, Mambo and WordPress, if you must know. I'm trying to get a hold of the good folks at TextDrive to see how to handle all you slashdotters.
Slashdot Mirror
Ahhh, got it. Sorry, I was getting a little touchy, what with all the "he must suck out loud" posts around here today. :) You'll have to pardon me, its my first /.'ing.
That's all well and good, but if by "someone" you mean me, I'd be interested in seeing where I implied that. In fact, I didn't "imply" anything in the original article. I said exactly what I meant to say. I'm reminded of an interview with Robert Frost. The interviewer asked him how he came up with all the hidden symbolism in his poetry, and he said "What symbolism? Its about stopping by the side of the road while its snowing." I think these numbers are interesting, and there aren't a lot of other concrete numbers out there, so here are some. They tell an interesting story, but only one of many (here in the naked city....).
Wow. Well, just a quick history of the post: I wrote an app in Spring/Hibernate. I then, as an experiment, rewrote it in Rails. I liked the result, and blogged about it. Not "everyone must dump Java right away", just "I had a good experience doing this". The blogosphere demanded a more concrete comparison. I provided those numbers. I have not stated anywhere that these are reference implementations, that they are the fastest things available, etc. I did pretty clearly explain the requirements in the latest posting, and both applications meet the requirements handily. So, in sum, Rails solved my particular problem slightly better than Java/Spring/Hibernate. And the code is more fun (for me) to write. Is that really such a controversial statement?
Feel free. Just leave the "how to hire us" slide in there. :)
Thanks, Scott! psssttt -- the check is in the mail.......
Yeah, the site crashed. Its, ummmm, well, Mambo and WordPress, if you must know. I'm trying to get a hold of the good folks at TextDrive to see how to handle all you slashdotters.