Revolution speed sucks?

[Brian Yennie]

Amen!

BTW, I did indeed out of curiosity port the Perl code behind this 
thread almost line-by-line into MetaTalk. The result? No matter how 
hard I tried the Perl code ran at least 10% faster. Not a big 
difference, but the MetaTalk was NOT a clear winner by any means.

That doesn't mean Perl is faster. But on this particular script, it 
seems it's AT LEAST comparable.

Other tasks would get different results, different approaches could be 
taken with each tool, BOTH scripts could be optimized, etc, etc. But 
the point is, just because we love the speed of Rev, don't think that 
other languages always have to stink.

Personally, I'd still pick MetaTalk over Perl for a lot of tasks. But 
not all of them. And I wouldn't always make the right choice.

'Nuff said.

Brian

>
> A small request: let's not start a "no bashing the tool" movement.  
> Members
> of this list have demonstrated their ability to act like adults and 
> can draw
> their own conclusions.  God help us if this forum degenerates into a 
> policed
> SuperCard-like list where discussion of alternate programming options 
> is
> prohibited.
>
> Bash, rant and argue away...