From: Victor 'Zverok' Shepelev Date: 2008-09-04T05:27:04+09:00 Subject: TCPSocket#initialize slow on Windows ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i386-mswin32_71] TCPSocket.new('localhost', 80) takes something like 1.5-2 sec each call. (Test program only consists of profiling of this line with ruby-prof). Can this be a bug or result of my misunderstanding of something fundamental? Thanks. V.