From: Roger Pack Date: 2010-06-29T23:13:51+09:00 Subject: Re: $? is always new? >> Seems there is a thread you're running with your irb session that >> might be spawning a lot. >> > > It could be associated with rb-readline, but under my system it > doesn't spawn more than once: Interesting. I think that's it... possibly from this line: #0:/home/rdp/installs/ruby-1.9.1-p243_gc/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rbreadline.rb:6834:Kernel:>: @readline_echoing_p = (`stty -a`.scan(/-*echo\b/).first == 'echo') Thanks for the tip! -r -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.