From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2010-07-06T16:22:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:31070] Re: [Bug #3140] gem activation has changed 	between 1.8 and 1.9

> I have to agree. �I'm still trying to figure out the utility of
> gem_prelude while sifting through code and attempting to resolve this
> issue.
>
> Why do we have gem prelude?

Because it allows us to avoid loading full rubygems, which takes quite
awhile on windows and jruby, and in general loads a lot of unnecessary
functionality [1]

-r
[1] http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/212463#922926