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this is way off base. dynamically typed interpreted languages are usually slower than statically typed compiled languages, but that's not what the OP was about.

notice that PHP and Java were tested as well and had totally reasonable times. The thing to notice here is that there is something about the Ruby regex engine that doesn't properly handle the regex used in the test.

you shouldn't just paint broad-strokes "dynamic languages are often slow". please try to notice what is actually going on here.