According to Matz, this is no longer an issue in Ruby 1.8.7
http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/23583
yet I'm still seeing performance improvements in general with the ruby benchmark suite when applying the configure.in patch from timetobleed.com against 1.8.7 from Karmic.
According to Matz, this is no longer an issue in Ruby 1.8.7
http:// blade.nagaokaut .ac.jp/ cgi-bin/ scat.rb/ ruby/ruby- core/23583
yet I'm still seeing performance improvements in general with the ruby benchmark suite when applying the configure.in patch from timetobleed.com against 1.8.7 from Karmic.