From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2003-04-05T20:53:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question:read file speed

>>>>> "P" == Paul Brannan <pbrannan@atdesk.com> writes:

P> I would expect that using read/write directly instead of going through
P> the C interface would be faster and more portable than going under the
P> hood of the C library.  If a particular system does not have read/write,
P> then it can be simulated using fread/fwrite with buffering disabled.

 If you use read/write you have to manage a buffer, why do you want to
 manage a buffer when you can use the internal buffer used by the C
 library. 

 If 1.8 is faster than 1.6 this is just because ruby make, in some case,
 something similar to perl.


Guy Decoux