From: ts Date: 2002-03-30T00:06:19+09:00 Subject: Re: optimization questions >>>>> "G" == George Moschovitis writes: G> btw, that is the difference between to_str and to_s ? The pickaxe book say : "Unlike #to_s, which is supported by almost all classes, #to_str is normally implemented only by those classes that act like strings" G> and you didnt answer my question, is +'' or #{} faster ? It's difficult to compare it because they don't do the same thing :-))) Well, I'll say that +'' is a little faster but I think that it's *not* really important. Guy Decoux