From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2005-08-11T07:51:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on windows -- slow startup time?

Hi,

At Thu, 11 Aug 2005 04:45:49 +0900,
Brock Weaver wrote in [ruby-talk:151577]:
> I've noticed that running Ruby on XP is significantly slower than on Linux. 
> It looks to be primarily due to the initial startup stuff -- once it is up 
> and running, it seems to run much closer to Linux speed.
> 
> Any suggestions for mitigating this? I'm using the One Click Installer from 
> rubyforge, and I've heard rumors that compiling the source yourself tends to 
> result in a faster environment. Is there any truth to this?

One Click Installer sets RUBYOPT environement to "rubygems",
which let ruby require rubygems library.  Try unsetting it.

-- 
Nobu Nakada