From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-11-21T02:23:52+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby incredibly slow (update 2)

On Nov 20, 2007 11:04 AM, Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@acm.org> wrote:
> Update:
>
> Rather than follow any of the radical solutions like new computers or
> formatting my hard drive, I purchased and downloaded some system
> cleaning tools from uniblue software.
>
> Ran them and the Ruby tests now run //faster// than Chet's machine.
> And for some reason, the total number of I/Os recorded has dropped
> from 65,000 to 25,000.
>
> Not a solution, since I don't know what the problem was. But as a FIX
> goes, cheap and easy.

Egads!!!!

Strangely unsatisfying after following this epic.

Kind of like the last episode of "The Sopranos"


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Rick DeNatale

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