From: Alexey Verkhovsky Date: 2007-09-06T12:13:07+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby is much slower on linux when compiled with --enable-pthread? I just ran some quick-n-dirty Rails performance benchmarks, and here is what I see: running Rails Petstore from tw-commons and timing consecutive page hits with: ab -c 1 -n 1000 http://localhost:3000/shop/viewProduct.shtml?product=K9-DL-01 --disable-pthread 78 requests/sec --enable-pthread 62 requests/sec 25 % difference. -- Alexey Verkhovsky CruiseControl.rb [http://cruisecontrolrb.thoughtworks.com] RubyWorks [http://rubyworks.thoughtworks.com]