Thank you!

> That [official] version was built with VC6, which compared to VC8 perform worse:

ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32] (official build)
time elapsed: 13.516 sec.
time elapsed: 13.485 sec.
time elapsed: 13.485 sec.
time elapsed: 13.5 sec.
time elapsed: 13.485 sec.

ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i386-mswin32_80] VC 8.0
time elapsed: 10.516 sec.
time elapsed: 10.531 sec.
time elapsed: 10.516 sec.
time elapsed: 10.531 sec.
time elapsed: 10.515 sec.

apparently :)

> 
> As the summary of the tests indicates, all were performed under the same 
> machine.
It would be nice to see the comparison run on linux (same machine), too.

> To make this simple: it's true, current distribution/build of ruby 
> perform worse than linux counterparts.

> I just can say 'we' are working hard to get a better build of Ruby for 
> Windows.

Thanks for your work on that.  I know some of us use win32 and suffer :)
-Roger
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