From: Roger Pack <rogerdpack2@...>
Date: 2011-02-26T08:58:02+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35384] super slow "load" behavior

Hello all.

Noticed that if one just eval's code, it loads like 5 times faster
than an eval.  This causes rails to take like 2.5s to load instead of
0.5

ex:

slow = true
file_name = File.expand_path('./yo.rb')
File.open(file_name, 'w') do |f| f.write '33333'; end

if !slow
  1000.times { eval File.read(file_name) } # ascii mode
else
  1000.times { load file_name } # ascii mode
end

Just pointing it out. I'm not sure why load is so very slow...
-r