From: "Daniel Schömer" Date: 2007-10-28T03:20:04+09:00 Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run? Gentoo Linux on Intel Pentium 4 2.40GHz (512 KB cache): Ruby Patch Platform Seconds Iterations per second ===== ===== =================== ========= ===================== 1.8.6 111 i686-linux (gentoo) 32.801483 30486 1.8.6 5000 i686-linux 13.607635 73488 1.9.0 0 i686-linux 3.988949 250692 1.8.5 3876 java 63.589 15725 1.8.5 3876 java (-J-server) 44.173 22638 1.8.5 3876 java (-O) 36.917 27087 1.8.5 3876 java (-O -J-server) 15.194 65815 The first is the system installed ruby. The others are current svn checkouts. Regards, Daniel