From: David Mullet Date: 2007-08-17T10:30:42+09:00 Subject: Re: Fastest CSV parsing? William James wrote: > What if someone had said to you when you released "FasterCSV": > "You are pretty much rewriting CSV here. Why do that when we > could just use it instead?" > Point made. However... > Why do you want people to be dependent on your slow, bloated > code? You perhaps think that if there is an alternative, > you won't be paid any more money. From JEG2's own blog post: "If your number one concern when working with CSV data in Ruby is raw speed, you might want to know that FasterCSV is no longer the fastest option." http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/2007/04/16/no-longer-the-fastest-game-in-town Your code may or may not be faster -- you've offered no comparison. Regardless, I doubt that JEG2 was trying to stifle your efforts; just suggesting that you may want to avoid reinventing the wheel. David -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.