From: "Paulo Köch" <paulo.koch@...>
Date: 2007-02-08T11:18:55+09:00
Subject: Re: is there any timing class in the standard lib?

> Daniel Sheppard wrote:
>> Try putting a STDOUT.flush after your puts.

Some OSs, like linux, only flush the buffer to the target (STDOUT, in  
this case) when the internal storage buffer is full or when a certain  
event happens. Besides forcing flushing the buffer, One of this  
events is, in many cases, the occurence of a "\n". At least, that's  
my experience.

Paulo Jorge Duarte K�ch
paulo.koch@gmail.com