From: Roger Pack Date: 2010-01-08T00:01:00+09:00 Subject: Re: Is ruby's regex slower? >> So perl is 7 or 8 times faster here. > > You could try ruby 1.9 and see if it helps the speed. You could also try jruby --fast [+= --1.9] -r -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.