From: Roger Pack Date: 2009-08-13T20:37:10+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:24909] Re: 1.9 gem env is far slower than on 1.8? >> Not so for Linux--1.9.2 seems slightly faster than 1.8.6 for its gem list. >> >> Anybody have any inkling as to what's going on here? >> Thanks! > I guess the slowdown is due to the following lines from io.c > > # define NEED_NEWLINE_DECORATOR_ON_READ(fptr) (!(fptr->mode & FMODE_BINMODE)) Anybody know if this is fixable at all? Loading file is far slower in 1.9 on windows currently. Thanks! -r