Feb 29
Lisa Awards: Biggest Hack for a Language Runtime
Comic, Ruby, Tech with tags: awardlisa, language, programming
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People make fun of the Ruby MRI runtime. The Java and Pythonistas giggle. What is interesting though is how it has been good enough for a lot of people. However, there is no reason for a Ruby runtime to be that slow, so it is great to see the competition across YARV, Rubinious, and of course JRuby.
The beauty of being slow, is that you have a lot of room to get faster :)
Want to learn about Ruby 1.9? Matz came to Google the other day to talk about it:
What about the other awards?
- Lifetime Achievement
- Community Waiting for an Update
- Biggest Hack for a Language Runtime
- Most Original Name for a New Language
- Most Format Restrictive Language
- Best Comeback for a Programming Language
- Most Overloaded Product Name
Got some ideas for awards you would give?
