From: Todd Burch Date: 2007-09-21T08:15:22+09:00 Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run? SpringFlowers AutumnMoon wrote: > How fast does your Ruby run? > > I got 53648 iterations per second running the following program, > on an Intel 3.2 GHz HT, Win XP machine: > > -------- > > C:\> ruby calculate.rb > 55 > > Ruby 1.8.6 patch 0 on i386-mswin32 > It took 18.64 seconds to run. 53648 iterations per second. > I just ate your lunch. MacPro 3ghz dual duo 2gb ram. Ruby 1.8.2 on universal-darwin8.0 It took 6.383342 seconds to run. 156657 iterations per second. (I had to take out RUBY_PATCHLEVEL, as that's not defined, but I suspect I could have put a begin/rescue/end in around and STILL have eaten your lunch. LOLOLOLOL Todd -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.