The topic is rvm with MacRuby, so it is a relevant point. And the problem is not just MacRuby, but both are being actively developed right now so the point is kind of moot.
Mark Rada mr...@marketcircle.com On 2011-05-21, at 11:42 PM, Chris Rhoden wrote: > This is a problem with MacRuby, not Rubygems > > On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Mark Rada <mr...@marketcircle.com> wrote: > Not true. > > For those of us that have a lot of gems, being able to use gemsets with > MacRuby can yield significant speed ups when loading something that requires > a gem. > > As a quick benchmark I chose to load the "abstract" gem because it is a > single file weighing in at 75 lines (including comments and white space), > then I tried loading it with varying numbers of other gems installed: > > macruby -rubygems -e "start = Time.now; require 'abstract'; p Time.now - > start" > > 0 other gems: 0.180205 seconds > 1 other gem: 0.310673 seconds > 10 other gems: 0.795038 seconds > 23 other gems: 2.478057 seconds > > 23 gems seems odd, but that is how many other gems are installed when you > install rails. If you have rails and then some other gems, the load time > would be much worse because, as you can see, the performance degradation is > _exponential_. This performance issue will eventually go away, but not any > time soon. > > For me, this is a "real" reason for using rvm, but this may not be the case > for everyone. > > > Mark Rada > mr...@marketcircle.com > > > > On 2011-05-21, at 10:04 PM, Chris Rhoden wrote: > >> The point of my email was: >> >> Use RVM to install 1.9.2 or jRuby or whatever. >> >> Install MacRuby from source or the package, and execute it using `macruby`, >> `macirb`, and the like. There is no reason to overload `ruby` to point at >> macruby, which is the only real benefit RVM gets you. >> >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Mark Rada <mr...@marketcircle.com> wrote: >> I have been using rvm with MacRuby a while now, mostly for the use of >> gemsets. I have been able to switch between MacRuby 0.10 and the "nightly" >> builds without issue including several different gemsets for "nightly" >> builds. >> >> However, there will be issues if you are developing with Xcode. But they are >> pretty easy to keep up with. >> >> 1. Outside of an rvm enabled shell, the most recently installed version of >> MacRuby is the default. >> >> 2. Similarly, using gems with an app will require you to install the gems >> using macgem explicitly (or setting your GEM_PATH to point to where rvm is >> storing stuff). >> >> Sent from my iDevice >> >> On 2011-05-20, at 18:18, Shannon Love <tech...@me.com> wrote: >> >> > Last week I attempted to install RVM on my system so I could use various >> > versions of Ruby including Macruby. I encountered problems including a >> > reinstall of RVM that had incorrect permissions. However, it is quite >> > possible that all the errors were the result of my naviety about the ruby >> > environment so I'm willing to give it another go. >> > >> > Has anyone else used RVM with Macruby and does it work well? Can I safely >> > run multiple versions of Macruby? Will it alter or contaminate the regular >> > installed version? >> > >> > Any advice would be appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Shannon >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MacRuby-devel mailing list >> > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel >> >> >> >> -- >> chrisrhoden >> _______________________________________________ >> MacRuby-devel mailing list >> MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org >> http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel > > > > > -- > chrisrhoden > _______________________________________________ > MacRuby-devel mailing list > MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
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