From: Alan Davies <NOSPAMcs96and@...>
Date: 2003-09-19T00:14:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Dir.foreach not with patterns?

Weirich, James wrote:

>> I like the Dir[] form (or its "glob" alternative).  I used to write
>> recursive functions to search a directory tree.  Then I discovered
>> Dir['**/*.rb'].  Not only is it easier, it's also faster.

I'm not so sure.  I timed my recursive "Filescan" class against Dir[] on 
a large fileserver.  Dir[] took 92 seconds, and my Filescan class only 
took 72 seconds.

I also prefer the ordering of the output of my Filescan class.