> As a Ruby developer, I'm hoping to see a new language created that is inspired by Ruby but is optimized for speed.
You don't need a new language - all you need is a better runtime. See what PyPy does for Python. A good JIT also goes a long way - people forget how terrible Java performance was in the late 90's.
You don't need a new language - all you need is a better runtime. See what PyPy does for Python. A good JIT also goes a long way - people forget how terrible Java performance was in the late 90's.