Even using the same algorithm implementation, there is a huge speed processing difference between languages.
For example the implementation of the Mandelbrot algorithm in RUBY takes 47 MINUTES to complete, while it takes LESS THAN 30 SECONDS when doing the same computation using much faster languages such as JAVA, SCALA, C or FORTRAN. According to this performance test, those languages are more than 100 times faster than Ruby, Python or Perl.
Source: Computer Language Benchmarks http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/performance.php...
Other benchmark speed comparisons between programming languages, showing similar results:
http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/
For example the implementation of the Mandelbrot algorithm in RUBY takes 47 MINUTES to complete, while it takes LESS THAN 30 SECONDS when doing the same computation using much faster languages such as JAVA, SCALA, C or FORTRAN. According to this performance test, those languages are more than 100 times faster than Ruby, Python or Perl. Source: Computer Language Benchmarks http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/performance.php... Other benchmark speed comparisons between programming languages, showing similar results: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/