From: Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@...>
Date: 2007-11-23T11:50:00+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby incredibly slow (update 2)

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:09:41 -0500, John Carter
<john.carter@tait.co.nz> wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Nov 2007, Ron Jeffries wrote:
>
>> Not a solution, since I don't know what the problem was. But as a FIX
>> goes, cheap and easy.
>
>Well... you're not sure what the proximate cause is. Probably virus /
>spyware. The ultimate cause is Windows. Replace with Linux and the
>problem won't come back. Can I recommend...
>   http://www.ubuntu.com/

Honestly, John, I see no way that moving from Windows to Linux is a
reasonable step for someone who is totally not a Linux user. I've
programmed in almost every operating system and language and computer
known to man ... but never Unix / Linux. It seems to me that the
investment in learning how to operate a Linux system, and getting my
home network and music software ... up on it ... wouldn't pay off.

Might be "fun" ...

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com