From: Luis Lavena Date: 2007-10-18T19:39:54+09:00 Subject: Re: Speed issue on Windows Larry Kelly wrote: > What progress is being made to improve Ruby's speed on Windows > platforms. I'm finding much slower on Windows, especially Windows 2003 > Server. Ok, I'm jumping too late on this thread. The current build of ruby (the official one located at ruby-lang page) is the same bundled into One-Click-Installer (OCI). That version was built with VC6, which compared to VC8 perform worse: http://pastie.caboo.se/95210 As the summary of the tests indicates, all were performed under the same machine. To make this simple: it's true, current distribution/build of ruby perform worse than linux counterparts. NOTE: this isn't a cientific test, but something average-joe could deduce after continous use of Ruby. This discusion was raised (by me) in the ruby-core mailing list too: [ruby-core:12305] http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/12305 and the available paths, with pro and cons: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/126416#566835 I just can say 'we' are working hard to get a better build of Ruby for Windows. More details will come in the following weeks. Regards, Luis PS: I just reply this message, since this already was a heated talk on ruby-core and last year too. It seems it araise from time to time. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.