On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:59:29 -0500, Bill Kelly <billk / cts.com> wrote:

>Weird.  Not sure this would make any difference, but, might
>try adding this at the beginning of your program:
>
>require 'resolv-replace'
>
>It patches a pure-ruby DNS resolver implementation in place of
>IPSocket#getaddress, etc., instead of using the blocking system
>call.

"My program" is rails, so I'm not sure I could do that.
>
>Also, is `nslookup.exe` fast when invoked from a command prompt?

Instantaneous.

Weird ...

Ron Jeffries
www.XProgramming.com