> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Davis [mailto:ryand-ruby / zenspider.com]
> Sent: 29 October 2009 19:03
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: String.split
> 
> 
> On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:23 , James French wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone suggest a faster alternative to String.split()? I need to
> > call it very intensively and its quite a hotspot. I'm using ruby
> > 1.8.7.
> 
> I can suggest you not thread hijack anymore. It is rude and messes up
> people who use real mail clients. Start a new mail.

Was not being rude - was not aware of it. My mail client allows me to read and write text to people so its about as real as I need it to be.