From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2007-11-16T15:35:00+09:00
Subject: Re: rails incredibly slow (update)

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:55:42 -0500, Giles Bowkett <gilesb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Personally, I've used Instant Rails twice. The first time I gave up
>and used Rails via Linux on my host; the second time I gave up and
>used Rails on my OS X laptop. If I wasn't talking to a distinguished
>software luminary I'd say that you want to get as far away from
>Windows as fast as you possibly can.

Well, software luminaries, whatever those are, can be just as ignorant
as the next person. However, given what my work looks like, moving off
of Windows isn't in the cards.
>
>Since I am talking to a distinguished software luminary, I'll just
>tell you what I know, which is that Rails does a lot of magic when it
>boots, and it's got to be something in that process. (And that the
>release notes for Instant Rails were last edited in March.) Also, if
>you ask on the Rails list, you can find a lot more detail about the
>magic, and a lot more people who've been through the experience you're
>having. Sorry I can't do more.

So far, the Rails list has been unresponsive. On the other hand, since
we now have a horrendous slowdown in RUBY, i.e the unit tests being
15x slower on my (generally faster) machine than on Chet's, i fugre
the answer is in here somewhere anyway.

Regards,

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com