Ruby compiler question

[James McCarthy]

Hey just wondering, is there a plan to add a compiler to the future
versions of ruby,
ala java compiling into bitecode for speed gains?

 

[James Britt]

Hey just wondering, is there a plan to add a compiler to the future
versions of ruby,
ala java compiling into bitecode for speed gains?

Yes. See YARV.

http://www.atdot.net/yarv/

James


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[Kevin Brown]

Hey just wondering, is there a plan to add a compiler to the future
versions of ruby,
ala java compiling into bitecode for speed gains?

Yes. Ruby 2.0 will be byte compiled. Google for YARV.