From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-09-22T21:51:14+09:00
Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run?

On 9/21/07, Imobach Gonz�lez Sosa <imobachgs@gmail.com> 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!)
> * Ruby 1.8.6 compiled from sources: 11.238127
> * Ruby 1.9.0 (downloaded today from ruby-lang.org and compiled from
> sources): 3.561564

One more strike against using Debian packaged Ruby!

Just for fun, this is for a Macbook 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1GB
or ram (Ruby was installed using macports)

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Ruby 1.8.6 patch 0 on i686-darwin8.10.2
It took 8.688359 seconds to run. 115096 iterations per
second.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/