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August 22, 2014
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Code Is What Code Does
Madison+ Ruby 2014
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Transcript
Code Is What Code Does @brixen
I <3 Ruby
None
None
None
We live in a world filled with hard problems
watsi.org
People are leaving Ruby
Haskell Go Clojure Scala Node.js Rust Javascript Elixir
Businesses are not choosing Ruby
Ruby has problems
Too slow
0 1.25 2.5 3.75 5 Rubinius v1 Rubinius JIT v1
Rubinius v2 MRI 2.1
No concurrency
0 1 2 3 4 Rubinius MRI 2.1
Too much memory
0 22.5 45 67.5 90 Hash 1 Hash 2
Not compiled
Monkey patching
$ rbx! irb(main):001:0> "abc".clear! => ""! irb(main):002:0> require "./some_gem.rb"! =>
true! irb(main):003:0> "abc".clear! => "nope"! irb(main):004:0>
irb(main):003:0> "abc".clear! => "nope"! irb(main):004:0> "abc".method :clear! => #<Method: String#clear
(defined in String at some_gem.rb:2)>! irb(main):005:0>
None
Static types
Why use static types?
Correctness 1
Adding types does not make correct code more correct
Speed 2
0 1.25 2.5 3.75 5 Rubinius v1 Rubinius JIT v1
Rubinius v2 MRI 2.1
Maintenance 3
Adding complexity does not improve understanding
Ruby is a better choice
Programming is too hard
We are too slow
We fail a lot
The Cynefin framework
Simple Sense • Categorize • Respond 1
Simple Sense • Categorize • Respond 1 Best Practice
Complicated Sense • Analyze • Respond 2
Complicated Sense • Analyze • Respond 2 Good Practice
Complex Probe • Sense • Respond 3
Complex Probe • Sense • Respond 3 Emergent Behavior
Chaotic Act • Sense • Respond 4
Chaotic Act • Sense • Respond 4 Novel Solutions
Clay vs concrete
B.C. A.D.
B.C. A.D. Before compilation After deployment
Read Eval Print Loop
Study Experiment Check Loop
Assumptions help us solve problems
Assumptions hinder our efforts
Technical debt Cost to experiment
Refactoring Rework
We live in a world filled with hard problems
Let's make programming easier
Let's test our ideas more quickly
Let's fail more productively
Improve the world
Try Rubinius github.com/rubinius/rubinius
Thank you!
• http://winstonyw.com/2013/06/12/reddotrubyconf_2013_-_thank_you/ • https://www.flickr.com/photos/veganstraightedge/6037027106/ • http://www.europeancarweb.com/news/ epcp_1010_audi_e_tron_spyder_creation/photo_13.html • http://thisisbuildingmaterials.blogspot.com/2012/03/examples-of-famous- concrete-buildings.html
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