ruby runs real slow on windows across the board.

cleanup your rubygems (gem cleanup)

and try to minimize the number of gems you have installed, or manually  
require rubygems only when you need it.

On 20 Jan 2008, at 01:29, Corey Haines wrote:

> I have looked back through the archives, but can't find any  
> solutions for
> the slow start-up of ruby on windows. I know Ron had some slowness  
> problems
> a while ago, but it appears this is different. Basically, when ruby  
> starts
> up, there is a pause of about 1-2 seconds.
>
> I made a screencast of a couple commands. It isn't deadly, or  
> anything, but
> it sure it annoying to have to wait. Autotest is nice, but it still  
> takes a
> second or two before the specs run.
>
> Here's the screencast:
> http://screencast.com/t/JHffiqRWuWG
>
> -Corey
>
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