From: Lyle Johnson <ljohnson@...>
Date: 2001-11-07T08:02:08+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24476] Re: Why is ruby slow (compared to perl)

> i noticed that windows ruby is by far slower than linux one. i had a
speech
> in class about Gaussian algorithm which i implemented in ruby, and then i
> implemented Cramer's rule, too, and wanted to show my class the speed
> difference. but my benchmark didnt want to finish at school on the windows
> version. even when i reduced the data to the square root, it ran much
> longer than at home.

These benchmarks (if you still have them) might be useful for the Cygwin vs.
MinGW vs. Visual C++ debate about the future of the Windows distribution of
Ruby.