On 14.01.2008 19:55, Bill Kelly wrote:
> From: "Roger Pack" <rogerpack2005 / gmail.com>
>> Wondering if anybody had suggestions for how to speed up 1.8.6 on an old
>> mac os x ppc.  Thoughts?
> 
> Not sure if this applies to OS X or not, but there have been some posts recently
> showing speed gains when one rebuilds 1.8.x configured with --disable-pthread
> (if I recall correctly.)

I also believe to remember that optimization options made a significant 
difference.

Roger, you are sure that you have exhausted all optimizations of Ruby 
code, are you?

Kind regards

	robert