From: Ben Giddings Date: 2004-06-09T07:15:25+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby and mustard Conan wrote: > Can you just use a faster computer? If your working for a company its a > good excuse to bug your boss for better hardware, and if your working at > a university you might be able to convince them to let you use their > high-performance computer.(every university has at least 1 supercomputer > right? :) ) Heh, look at his signature. "@noaa.gov". That may mean he has access to supercomputers, but it also means that if he doesn't, getting something faster may be incredibly painful. Btw, Ara, I don't have any answers to your question, but I think the fact you're asking it is great. It's really amazing to show some real world Ruby applications, esp. when it involves serious number crunching. Ben