handling keyword args

kwargs.rb

jupiter:~/JAVA/swf-converter-conversion-node$ time ruby -le '
def foo(*args, **kwargs)
  kwargs
end
10000.times { foo(1,2,3,{a:1, b: 2}) }
'

real	0m0.048s
user	0m0.032s
sys	0m0.016s
jupiter:~/JAVA/swf-converter-conversion-node$ time python -c 'import itertools
def foo( *args, **kwargs):
   kwargs
for _ in itertools.repeat(None, 10000):
 foo(1,2,3, a=1, b=2)
'

real	0m0.019s
user	0m0.012s
sys	0m0.008s
jupiter:~/JAVA/swf-converter-conversion-node$ time perl6 -e '
sub foo(*@args, *%kwargs) {
  %kwargs
}                                      
for 1..100000 { foo(1,2,3,a=> 1, b => 2) }
'

real	0m33.831s
user	0m33.295s
sys	0m0.504s