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| | The 1980s and 1990s saw the genesis of Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP and JavaScript: interpreted, dynamically-typed programming languages which favored ease of use and flexibility over performance. In many ways, these programming languages are a product of the surrounding context. The 90s were the peak of the dot-com hype, and CPU clock speeds were still...
| | probablydance.com
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| | I think one of the reasons why I was able to do good performance work over the years is that at some point I started taking benchmarking seriously enough to write my own library. I used to use Google Benchmark, which is a fine library, but at some point you realize that you need a...
| | pragtob.wordpress.com
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| | A little more than a year ago I published a blog post benchmarking different ruby implementations against a bot that plays Go which I wrote. Now a little than a year later (~13.5 months) let's see how the different contestants have improved in the time passed. This question becomes increasingly interesting as Ruby 3.0 aims...
| | www.fosskers.ca
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| [AI summary] The article distinguishes between general programming languages and optimal software development languages by analyzing them across five pillars: Programming, Testing, Collaborating, Releasing, and Maintenance.