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by oblio 2115 days ago
Chicken Scheme compiles ahead of time, doesn't it?
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jashmatthews 2115 days ago
Yeah but it's not an important distinction.
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oblio 2115 days ago
Isn't it? Compiling C takes time, with Ruby you would be doing it for each execution. Is there some catching involved?
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jashmatthews 2115 days ago
Almost everything is in a pre-compiled header. Its actually similar overhead to an LLVM based JIT.

You wouldn’t want to do it for a browser JIT but for a server side app it’s OK.

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oblio 2115 days ago
Does Ruby ship with a compiler? How will this work on Windows?
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pansa2 2115 days ago
Nim does too.
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