From: "Stathy G. Touloumis" <stathy.touloumis@...>
Date: 2002-03-19T06:55:27+09:00
Subject: RE: Why is Ruby so slow?

Can the test be provided online so that we can test with other builds?

> >> > WHY IS RUBY SO SLOW?
> >>
> >> Please see the "file reading impossibly slow?" thread.
> >>
> >>  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/35367
> >>
> >
> >The thread you referenced above said that this problem is fixed
> in 1.7, but
> >Venherm provided a 1.7.2 test which showed it to be nearly as slow as the
> >other versions of Ruby.
> >
> >If Venherm's numbers are correct, it looks like there is still a problem
> >here.
> >
>
> Perhaps, but as I recall he showed that the 1.7 test he ran was under
> cygwin (Windows and cygwin) - once again, could cygwin be the culperit in
> that case?
>
> Phil
>
>