[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-08 Thread Michael Sofaer

Ruby in general is one of the easiest languages to code in that I've
ever seen.  It also makes it easy to use lambdas in a much more
natural fashion than I've seen before.

Rails is the simplest and easiest framework I've seen for building web
applications.

No one chooses Ruby (or Rails) because it's fast (that would be silly,
since it's not), we choose it because it helps us be more productive,
and spending more on server power to run slow code is cheaper than
spending more on developer time.  If you can find, hire and retain a
group of coders who can work efficiently and elegantly writing website
in C++, that would be a pretty fast website.  I wouldn't try it,
though.

> Crappy developers write crappy code, no matter what tool they use.
> I've seen some Ruby code that scared me to death, but the language
> isn't to blame, the blame lies on the people that use it.
>
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-08 Thread CPerry

Yeah, this whole debate is getting pretty pointless now. Just use
whatever you want to use and move on, cause at the end of the day,
this is a Ruby on Rails group. You can hype PHP all you want Mauricio,
but I will take Ruby over PHP any day. You may feel differently.

--Cory

On Oct 8, 8:24 am, "Maurício Linhares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:14 AM, glennswest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Well the had excellent references.
> > And I've look at it. But by software engineering standands
> > php is spagetting code.
>
> By what software engineering standards? Yours?
>
> > Ruby is modular, and for once the object oriented nature works quite well.
>
> Oh, so PHP isn't modular? Do you know that PHP has classes and
> interfaces? And that they do behave almost like Ruby classes and
> Modules?
>
> > ActiveRecord works well as well.
> > Show me php applications that can handle 400 different tables, that can be 
> > developed by one guy in two weeks?
>
> What would keep a PHP application from handling 400 or 400.000 tables?
>
> I've never seen a PHP database driver saying that it had a maximum of
> tables they could handle, maybe you can point me out to this.
>
> And about being developed by one guy, i can't see the problem also. A
> good developer is good in any language he masters.
>
> > I've seen a few php developers that were ok, but its not something I'd
> > recommend a fortune 500 use to do a proper application.
>
> Maybe you should know that Yahoo runs in PHP, Wikipedia runs in PHP,
> many of the biggest websites around use PHP.
>
> Crappy developers write crappy code, no matter what tool they use.
> I've seen some Ruby code that scared me to death, but the language
> isn't to blame, the blame lies on the people that use it.
>
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-08 Thread Robert Walker

Okay, where's the link to mark a thread a [SPAM]?

Man I hate these pointless discussions. Why do I even read them? It's 
like crack or something I just can't help myself.
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-08 Thread Maurício Linhares

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:14 AM, glennswest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well the had excellent references.
> And I've look at it. But by software engineering standands
> php is spagetting code.

By what software engineering standards? Yours?

> Ruby is modular, and for once the object oriented nature works quite well.

Oh, so PHP isn't modular? Do you know that PHP has classes and
interfaces? And that they do behave almost like Ruby classes and
Modules?

> ActiveRecord works well as well.
> Show me php applications that can handle 400 different tables, that can be 
> developed by one guy in two weeks?

What would keep a PHP application from handling 400 or 400.000 tables?

I've never seen a PHP database driver saying that it had a maximum of
tables they could handle, maybe you can point me out to this.

And about being developed by one guy, i can't see the problem also. A
good developer is good in any language he masters.

> I've seen a few php developers that were ok, but its not something I'd
> recommend a fortune 500 use to do a proper application.
>

Maybe you should know that Yahoo runs in PHP, Wikipedia runs in PHP,
many of the biggest websites around use PHP.

Crappy developers write crappy code, no matter what tool they use.
I've seen some Ruby code that scared me to death, but the language
isn't to blame, the blame lies on the people that use it.

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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-08 Thread glennswest

Well the had excellent references.
And I've look at it. But by software engineering standands
php is spagetting code.

Ruby is modular, and for once the object oriented nature works quite
well.
ActiveRecord works well as well.
Show me php applications that can handle 400 different tables, that
can
be developed by one guy in two weeks?

I've seen a few php developers that were ok, but its not something I'd
recommend a fortune 500 use to do a proper application.

On Oct 8, 10:09 am, "Maurício Linhares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:03 PM, glennswest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is Ruby Faster to Develop than PHP?
> > Yes (What 5 people did in a year, I did in a week)
>
> Crappy developers, what a shame :)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Can I make my Rails App Faster than the "old" PHP APP?
> > Yes
>
> > Is Ruby the bottleneck?
> > No
>
> > Can I learn new things in ruby fast?
> > Yes
>
> > Can I get them into Production fast?
> > Yes
>
> > Can I scale applications to support billion dollar Multi-national
> > companies?
> > Yes
>
> > I know a dozen languges(Of the computer type), a kernel hacker, device
> > driver writer,
> > and a embedded systems developer. I can  make ruby stand up and shout,
> > and I can do it
> > with a hour a day.
>
> > After having 5 man years into a PHP project, we scrapped it, and I
> > recoded it in rails
> > in no time at all, by myself.
>
> Maybe you should try to learn a litlte bit more of PHP and worry less about
> kernel hacking or device drivers.
>
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-07 Thread Maurício Linhares
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:03 PM, glennswest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Is Ruby Faster to Develop than PHP?
> Yes (What 5 people did in a year, I did in a week)
>

Crappy developers, what a shame :)


>
> Can I make my Rails App Faster than the "old" PHP APP?
> Yes
>
> Is Ruby the bottleneck?
> No
>
> Can I learn new things in ruby fast?
> Yes
>
> Can I get them into Production fast?
> Yes
>
> Can I scale applications to support billion dollar Multi-national
> companies?
> Yes
>
> I know a dozen languges(Of the computer type), a kernel hacker, device
> driver writer,
> and a embedded systems developer. I can  make ruby stand up and shout,
> and I can do it
> with a hour a day.
>
> After having 5 man years into a PHP project, we scrapped it, and I
> recoded it in rails
> in no time at all, by myself.
>

Maybe you should try to learn a litlte bit more of PHP and worry less about
kernel hacking or device drivers.

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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-07 Thread glennswest

Is Ruby Faster to Develop than PHP?
Yes (What 5 people did in a year, I did in a week)

Can I make my Rails App Faster than the "old" PHP APP?
Yes

Is Ruby the bottleneck?
No

Can I learn new things in ruby fast?
Yes

Can I get them into Production fast?
Yes

Can I scale applications to support billion dollar Multi-national
companies?
Yes

I know a dozen languges(Of the computer type), a kernel hacker, device
driver writer,
and a embedded systems developer. I can  make ruby stand up and shout,
and I can do it
with a hour a day.

After having 5 man years into a PHP project, we scrapped it, and I
recoded it in rails
in no time at all, by myself.


On Oct 7, 6:00 am, "Maurício Linhares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Based on what do you say that Ruby is easier and more enjoyable than
> PHP? On your own opinion? On your own experience?
>
> Saying that X is "easier" to learn than Y is a highly subjective
> matter, maybe for you it's true, but it isn't for someone else.
>
> His questions where pretty simple and the answer is even simpler, PHP
> is faster than Ruby, that's is a fact and any benchmark can make you
> reach the same answer without any subjectivity.
>
> And i can definitely smell prejudice in this question, "Does using
> Rails make you a better developer than using CakePHP?". Ruby/Rails
> developers are no better than any other developers in any other
> language, you will always find crappy code, be it in Ruby, Java, PHP,
> if the developer is an idiot, he'll write ugly code using any tool he
> can get a hold.
>
> Let us not spread this "my d*ck is bigger than yours" idea any longer.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:11 PM, CPerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I think the more important questions to ask are:
>
> > Is Ruby easier and more enjoyable that PHP?
>
> > Yes
>
> > Is Ruby cleaner than PHP?
>
> > Yes
>
> > Is Ruby on Rails easier than CakePHP?
>
> > Yes
>
> > Does using Rails make you a better developer than using CakePHP?
>
> > I would say Yes.
>
> > Those are the important questions to be asking. Now, as far as speed.
> > Depending on how the app is built, Ruby could certainly be faster than
> > PHP and vice versa. All languages are slow if not built and configured
> > correctly.
>
> > Once again, this is a debate that cannot be had on these
> > generalizations alone, unless you are talking about the pure core
> > attributes of both languages. Ruby easier to learn and much more
> > enjoyable and cleaner to use than PHP, period.
>
> > --Cory
>
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-06 Thread Maurício Linhares

Based on what do you say that Ruby is easier and more enjoyable than
PHP? On your own opinion? On your own experience?

Saying that X is "easier" to learn than Y is a highly subjective
matter, maybe for you it's true, but it isn't for someone else.

His questions where pretty simple and the answer is even simpler, PHP
is faster than Ruby, that's is a fact and any benchmark can make you
reach the same answer without any subjectivity.

And i can definitely smell prejudice in this question, "Does using
Rails make you a better developer than using CakePHP?". Ruby/Rails
developers are no better than any other developers in any other
language, you will always find crappy code, be it in Ruby, Java, PHP,
if the developer is an idiot, he'll write ugly code using any tool he
can get a hold.

Let us not spread this "my d*ck is bigger than yours" idea any longer.

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:11 PM, CPerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think the more important questions to ask are:
>
> Is Ruby easier and more enjoyable that PHP?
>
> Yes
>
> Is Ruby cleaner than PHP?
>
> Yes
>
> Is Ruby on Rails easier than CakePHP?
>
> Yes
>
> Does using Rails make you a better developer than using CakePHP?
>
> I would say Yes.
>
> Those are the important questions to be asking. Now, as far as speed.
> Depending on how the app is built, Ruby could certainly be faster than
> PHP and vice versa. All languages are slow if not built and configured
> correctly.
>
> Once again, this is a debate that cannot be had on these
> generalizations alone, unless you are talking about the pure core
> attributes of both languages. Ruby easier to learn and much more
> enjoyable and cleaner to use than PHP, period.
>
> --Cory
>



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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-06 Thread CPerry

I think the more important questions to ask are:

Is Ruby easier and more enjoyable that PHP?

Yes

Is Ruby cleaner than PHP?

Yes

Is Ruby on Rails easier than CakePHP?

Yes

Does using Rails make you a better developer than using CakePHP?

I would say Yes.

Those are the important questions to be asking. Now, as far as speed.
Depending on how the app is built, Ruby could certainly be faster than
PHP and vice versa. All languages are slow if not built and configured
correctly.

Once again, this is a debate that cannot be had on these
generalizations alone, unless you are talking about the pure core
attributes of both languages. Ruby easier to learn and much more
enjoyable and cleaner to use than PHP, period.

--Cory

On Oct 6, 4:19 pm, "Maurício Linhares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Interesting to see that Raistlin itself can't answer these simple questions :)
>
> Now, to the answers:
>
> > Is Ruby faster than PHP?
>
> No.
>
> > Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP on CakePHP?
>
> No.
>
> > Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP?
>
> No.
>
> > Is Ruby faster than PHP on CakePHP?
>
> No.
>
> Easy, huh?
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Raistlin Majere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Is Ruby faster than PHP?
> > Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP on CakePHP?
> > Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP?
> > Is Ruby faster than PHP on CakePHP?
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-06 Thread Maurício Linhares

Interesting to see that Raistlin itself can't answer these simple questions :)

Now, to the answers:

> Is Ruby faster than PHP?

No.

> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP on CakePHP?

No.

> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP?

No.

> Is Ruby faster than PHP on CakePHP?

No.

Easy, huh?

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>
> Is Ruby faster than PHP?
> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP on CakePHP?
> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP?
> Is Ruby faster than PHP on CakePHP?
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[Rails] Re: the performance debate

2008-10-06 Thread CPerry

I would almost guarantee that unless you are running the world
(literally) with your application, it won't really matter which is
faster or slower.

You should decide which is better or easier for your needs and base
your decision on that, not on speed. Both PHP and Ruby ( and CakePHP
and Rails for that matter) have their positives and negatives in
several areas.

Without having an idea of what you kind of app you are building, there
is NO WAY to know which is better, faster, stronger, easier, etc. for
you. I can tell you this though...Rails will be much more ENJOYABLE,
regardless of the app you are building.

Also, worry about speed, performance, and scaling when you have reason
to worry about it.

--Cory

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> Is Ruby faster than PHP?
> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP on CakePHP?
> Is Ruby on Rails faster than PHP?
> Is Ruby faster than PHP on CakePHP?
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