Ruby really is a powerful language it might not be the fastest or the strictest, but man is it expressive
You are correct technically, but the implication that you must sacrifice speed or static typing is practically incorrect: faster on startup than .NET [0]. You can get benefits similar to static typing in for a while now [1]. [0] tested locally on a Linux environment [1] https://github.com/ruby/rbs#readme
> [Ruby] ... faster on startup than .NET
Please share.
fwiw
C# aot in-process timing (0.029) about 0.005 faster than process timing.
Ruby yjit in-process timing (1.565) about 0.083 faster than process timing.
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...