I just can't resist, Serbs have saying 'almost is what makes girl unhappy' :).
On more serious note, ruby is definitely better when it comes to richness of available libraries which is what node is missing. I think in real life node can handle more, I heard that issues with memory leaking are solved, probably uses less memory as well.
I agree with conclusion that both are more then capable or handling async problems, I would use event machine on ruby end, this whole example seems flawed a bit. Anyhow, thanks for posting your results.
On more serious note, ruby is definitely better when it comes to richness of available libraries which is what node is missing. I think in real life node can handle more, I heard that issues with memory leaking are solved, probably uses less memory as well. I agree with conclusion that both are more then capable or handling async problems, I would use event machine on ruby end, this whole example seems flawed a bit. Anyhow, thanks for posting your results.