------ art_82345_9494847.1158302422015 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Ed, Isaac hopefully I have not wasted your time, I read your posts with interest, but that is not what I wanted, or understood. I *really* should have been clearer, sorry, sorry! What I want is a Benchmark site for ruby ruby vs. ruby, ruby only teaching people how to benchmark code and giving them a good idea what is fast, what is slow an example: inject vs. each Austin pointed out that this is more complicated than one might think, so what I was interested in and I should have said so (no more posts after 23:00 local time!!!) * are there problems with rubies benchmark module * how to use or enhance it correctly * what OS conditions to we have to assure for fair comparision * maybe more Cheers Robert -- Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la bóŐise humaine ; en ce qui concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue. - Albert Einstein ------ art_82345_9494847.1158302422015--