On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:57:22 +0900, Cliff Rowley wrote:

> Just a matter of curiosity as an avid astronomer, what are you working 
> on? ;-)
> 
> I have a few astro related projects I'm working on.  I started using 
> Ruby but I fear it might be a little slow compared to others in some of 
> the operations I'm performing (looking up star data from the TychoII 
> catalog).  What are your experiences?  I considered using inline C but 
> it's a can of worms I haven't dared open yet (based primarily on the 
> fact I'm stuck on a Windows machine for development).
> 
> Anyways, I just thought it was cool to see someone else waxing astro 
> with ruby ;-)

Sorry Cliff - my message to your gmail account bounced.  This happens a
lot.  IP not authorized to access server directly - use SMTP relay of ISP.
Haven't a clue.