From: Brian Adkins <lojicdotcom@...>
Date: 2008-11-02T01:48:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Poor performance of Ruby 1.8.7 when installed with MacPorts

abc <arcadiorubiogarcia@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I've just upgraded to Ruby 1.8.7 using MacPorts (ruby @1.8.7-
> p72_1+thread_hooks) and while it runs flawlessly, the performance is
> really really poor.
>
> I'm talking in comparison with the Ruby distro that ships with
> Leopard, and with my previous installation of 1.8.6 also done with
> MacPorts.
>
> For instance a bunch of rspecs i have take 6x to get executed, and ri
> takes noticeably more time than previously to load any doc.
>
> Is anyone experiencing the same problem? Do you know how to fix it?

http://hivelogic.com/articles/2008/02/ruby-rails-leopard

>
> Thanks in advance.