Message in a Bottle
Konstantin Haase • Lyon, France • Talk

Date: August 23, 2012
Published: August 24, 2012
Announced: unknown

What does really happen when we call a method? How do the different Ruby implementations actually figure out what code to execute? What plumbing is going on under the hood to get a speedy dispatch? In this talk we will have a look at the internals of the the major Ruby implementations, focusing on their dispatch. From look-up tables and call site caches, to inlining and what on earth is invokedynamic? Fear not, all will be explained!

As current maintainer of Sinatra, Konstantin is an Open Source developer by heart. Ruby has become his language of choice since 2005. He regularly contributes to different widespread projects, like Rubinius, Rack, Travis, Rails and MRI.

He currently holds the position of "Berry Sparkling Lord" at Travis CI.

Ruby Lugdunum Conference 2012