From: Lennon Day-Reynolds <rcoder@...>
Date: 2004-07-03T07:11:16+09:00
Subject: Re: slow method searching?

Sean,

Multiple runs of the same tests, and grouping the tests differently,
give me the same type of results David was seeing. The load and memory
issues between invocations can make some difference, certainly, should
not be the source of a 1000% variance. Also, if it were just OS-level
variation, any one test run multiple times should display the same
behavior.

Lennon

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 07:04:41 +0900, Sean O'Dell <sean@celsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> You're timing how long it takes the OS to load the time program, the Ruby
> interpreter, Ruby to load your script and then Ruby to run your code.  The OS
> is adding variance to your final times, probably.  Try putting all of your
> tests in a single Ruby script file.  Place a pause or a gets in Ruby code to
> allow the OS to stop all possible hard disk activity before commencing the
> actual tests.
> 
>         Sean O'Dell
> 
>