Is JRuby faster than Ruby 1.9.2 MRI?

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Is JRuby faster than Ruby 1.9.2 MRI?

Question came up at our user group meeting.

Thanks,
Wes

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I have a feeling this is not a yes or no answer. :slight_smile:

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Wes G. wrote in post #960439:

Is JRuby faster than Ruby 1.9.2 MRI?

http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u32/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=jruby&lang2=yarv

short answer: definitely slower startup, long term seems…similar [?].