From: Brian Adkins Date: 2007-09-22T04:05:04+09:00 Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run? On Sep 21, 6:57 am, "Imobach Gonz�lez Sosa" wrote: > Hi all, > > Ok, here's some more numbers (comparing ubuntu pre-compiled, compiled > from sources and development version): > > * Ruby 1.8.5 shipped with Ubuntu: 30.871182 seconds > * Ruby 1.8.5 compiled from sources: 12.173341 seconds (wooh, what a difference!) That's amazing. Are you sure the only difference was pre-built Ruby vs. built-from-source? That just seems like too big of a difference.