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lobo_tuerto on Dec 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Massive Ruby speed boost with JRuby and Java 7.

Three times faster == 300% speed increase. In your terms that would mean a _really_ massive upgrade.

thm76 on Dec 21, 2011 [–]

No, it's a 200% speed increase. If the speed before was 1 unit, it's now 3 units. That's 200% more.

lobo_tuerto on Dec 21, 2011 | [–]

So if I say it's one time faster, isn't it a 100% increase?

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