From: Sean Chittenden <sean@...>
Date: 2001-08-25T16:10:59+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20353] Re: File.readline(s)


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> I am reading a 55MB ASCII file  by using File.readline(s) which takes on
> my machine about 22s. The same runs in Python using readlines(0x2000) in
> about 9 seconds. Does anybody know whether there is a chance to speed
> things up in Ruby by reading chunks like in Python.

	Tight iterations?  Turn of garbage collection before you do the=20
readlines.

GC.disable
lines =3D File.readlines(s)
GC.enable

	What kind of performance difference does that give you?  -sc

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Sean Chittenden

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