From: David Garamond <lists@...6.isreserved.com>
Date: 2004-03-12T11:32:56+09:00
Subject: Re: PL/Ruby --enable-conversion

Gavin Kistner wrote:
> Is there any compelling reason *not* to compile PL/Ruby with the 
> --enable-conversion option?
> 
> Is it hellaciously slow? Does it make kittens explode?

I think because it's experimental. 0.39 is the first version to have 
that feature. Future versions might enable it by default.

> It seems like such an obviously-useful feature that I can't imagine why 
> anyone *wouldn't* use it...and yet it's an option. Not enabled by 
> default. Which makes me fret, and worry.

-- 
dave