From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2008-10-31T07:46:55+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:19647] Re: [Bug 1.9] gem_prelude.rb always require rubygems Hi, In message "Re: [ruby-core:19627] Re: [Bug 1.9] gem_prelude.rb always require rubygems" on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:12:02 +0900, Nobuyoshi Nakada writes: |> Yes, please. It will be much better. | |It will still require "rubygems/defaults/operating_system" and |"rubygems/defaults/#{RUBY_ENGINE}". Not good. It works anyway. It's much better than not working. However, not all programs use RubyGems. gem_prelude can be a burden for those programs. It might hinder benchmarks for example. Honestly, I want gem_prelude to be as light as possible. matz.