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# Original blog post about Rubinius performance on the alioth mandelbrot benchmark:
# http://rfc2616.wordpress.com/2010/10/16/rubinius-vs-the-benchmark-from-hell/
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# Problems with assumptions in the blog post:
# * The C <-> Ruby comparison is apples to oranges because the Ruby code
#   is written to use blocks rather than loops. That imposes the overhead
#   of additional execution contexts per pixel.
# * The output is written a byte at a time, which requires a fairly deep
#   chain of methods before the byte is handed off to the OS.
# * The work is done in the script body. Unless the implementation has