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Rubinius X
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Transcript
Rubinius X @brixen
Good morning!
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"You can't have your cake and eat it, too"
Professional possibility finders
improveffect.com
Yes, and...
We <3 Ruby
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I'd rather be...
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What is the biggest risk to Ruby?
Ruby is stuck in the past
Why isn't Ruby the right tool?
Rubinius is Ruby
Rubinius is Ruby ~2.1 and 1.8.7
Rubinius X is Ruby 10
Ruby 2.1 is really
Ruby 2.1 is really, really
Ruby 2.1 is really, really, really
Ruby 2.1 is really, really, really, really
Ruby 2.1 is really, really, really, really legacy Ruby
Rubinius X is Rubinius
Network 1
Network 1 Performance 2
Network 1 Performance 2 Experience 3
Network 1 Performance 2 Experience 3 Context 4
Network 1 Socket • Concurrency • String
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! require "socket"!
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bit.ly/RubyHTTPClients
Go Node.js Elixir
Can we have networks?
Yes, and we can have one that just works
Rubinius has no global interpreter lock
Threads are fine
Locks are the problem
Shared mutable state
HAMT Hash Array Mapped Trie
HAMT ReTrieval
1 2 3 #hash value 12
1 ... 3 #hash value 14 4 5
Can we have simple data structures?
Yes, and we can have useful concurrent ones
String and Symbol
! irb> obj.method "to_s"! => #<Method: Object(Kernel)#to_s>!
! irb> obj.method :to_s! => #<Method: Object(Kernel)#to_s>!
irb> "to_s" == :to_s ! => false
irb> :to_s == "to_s"! => false
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HashWithIndifferentAccess
Erb • HAML • Slim • Moustache
JSON • YAML • XML/HTML
Strings are immutable
HashWithIndifferentAccess
Hash
Performance 2
Fences make good neighbors
Fences make poor friends
Compilation is usually lossy
def add(a, b)! c = a + b! end
push_local 0! # a! push_local 1 ! # b! send
:+, 1! set_local 2! ! # c
add r1, r2, r3! # ^a ^b ^c! set_local r3,
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Can we have stack bytecode?
Yes, and we can have register bytecode
assert_gte r1, r2, 0! add r1, r2, r3! # ^a
^b ^c! set_local r3, 2
and we can have assertion bytecode
record r1, r2! add r1, r2, r3! # ^a ^b
^c! set_local r3, 2
and we can have instrumentation bytecode
PEG
LPEG
and we can have parser bytecode
and we can have system bytecode
Experience 3
Run coverage in production
Smalltalk
def add(a, b)! a + b! end
Can we have file system support?
Yes, and we can have a dynamic code database
Rubinius::Console
Context 4
! puts "Hello, Chicago!"!
! "Hello, Chicago!".puts!
module Kernel! def puts(*args)! # ...! end! ! module_function :puts!
end
! puts "Hello, Chicago!"!
fun puts(*args)! # ...! end
module Kernel! def puts(*args)! # ...! end! ! module_function :puts!
end
fun puts(*args)! # ...! end
Can we have objects?
Yes, and we can have functions
destroyallsoftware.com
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fun add(a, b)! a + b! end
fun add(a: int, b: int)! a + b! end
load_int 0, r1! load_int 1, r2! add r1, r2, r3!
# ^a ^b ^c! store_int r3, 2
Can we have dynamic types?
Yes, and we can have static types
(gradually)
Clay vs concrete
CLIs
parsers JSON • YAML • XML/HTML
HTTP parsers
Garbage collectors
Rubinius X is Rubinius
Rubinius X
Rubinius X 2.1
Source-to-source compiler
Try Rubinius github.com/rubinius/rubinius
# Gemfile! platforms :mri do! gem "ruby-debug"! end!
$ bundle update
$ bundle exec puma
@brixen
Thank you!
• http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/11/18/the-new-opera- faster-than-ligh/ • http://www.todayinsci.com/Books/MechApp/chap23/page36.htm • http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/a-new-ecosystem-of- information • https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries
• http://www.cleanposts.com/index.php/Win311file • https://bit.ly/RubyHTTPClients • http://www.amusingplanet.com/2009/03/impossible-illusions-made- possible.html Credits