# Elixir vs Ruby on Rails

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-ruby-on-rails/32084>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** ruby\
**Created:** [June 4, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/elixir-vs-ruby-on-rails/32084 "2020-06-04T00:17:38Z")\
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> [@Cochonours](#):
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> Languages features have implications on their implementations speeds.

Yes.

> [@Cochonours](#):
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> It follows that languages do have speed.

No. It mean that language specification makes it harder to have efficient implementation, but nothing prevents you from writing x86 byte code interpreter in Elixir making x86 assembly at most as fast as Elixir.

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