From: Tridib Bandopadhyay Date: 2012-08-01T12:02:13+09:00 Subject: Re: String Handling in Ruby Thanks Henry that was very much helpful. OK now I have my own extension which allocates object. It takes 48 seconds to allocate 61 million number of strings in an array which my extension creates whereas regular ruby takes 120 seconds to allocate strings in a regular array. What makes the Ruby to take so long time to allocate the string? Thank You Tridib -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.