From: Roger Pack Date: 2010-05-21T11:47:08+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:30344] [Feature #3010] slow require gems in ruby 1.9.1 Issue #3010 has been updated by Roger Pack. It appears that with --disable-gems 1.9.2 is still *significantly* slower than 1.8.6 for loading gems. on my box, require 'facets' (~80 gems installed) 1.8.6 1.6s 1.9.3dev 3.7s 1.9.3dev --disable-gems 6.7s using faster_require (which caches lib locations) 0.6s Curious... ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/3010 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org