The best thing about Maglev

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:44:18 +0100

I'm reading quite a few gushing articles about Gemstones new VM for Ruby: Maglev. Now it's only 3 months old (and heaven knows how complete) but it's already doing enough to impress people with how fast it is. That's great news.

Not because I necessarily expect I will ever use Gemstone. I mean, I might, at some point in the future, who knows? But it's not something to think about right now.

Yet I'm still very pleased to hear this because it means that a fast Ruby VM is possible. Which means that the Rubinius guys are short only time and, maybe, experience to get the job done right. But just knowing that it's possible to run fast, even if you don't know how yet, can be a great motivator.

Yep the best thing about Maglev right now is that it gives me hope for Rubinius.

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The best thing about Maglev