Headius on Maglev: Is it Ruby?
Charles Nutter had the following to say on the maglev ruby performance numbers:
Except that these are results reported entirely in a vacuum. Whether this is fib following the “rules” of Ruby is entirely an open question. Whether this is method dispatch adhering to Ruby’s call logic is entirely an open question. Whether this is a while loop using all method calls for its condition and increment steps is an open quesetion. Because the Maglev guys haven’t started running Ruby tests yet. Is it Ruby? http://headius.blogspot.com/2008/06/maglev.html
I am interested in maglev ruby because I’ve met some amazing smalltalkers who worked on large systems using gemstone. Want to know more about the size of systems gemstone is designed for? Have a read through this PDF: GemStone and Orient Overseas Container Lines:A Shipping Industry Case Study I think having more implementations is a great thing and will help
What do you think? Will the we use it if it’s closed source? I bet some people will, if nothing else this primes the pump for the next generation of programmers that will maintain systems like those of OOCL.