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Re:Homebrew 1.0.0 by s_kilk on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @06:43AM (#12546942)
It would at least save the process-start overhead, plus loading the ruby vm and modules/gems.
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Re:Homebrew 1.0.0 by mikemcquaid on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:08AM (#12547784)
Exactly. For a simple string comparison Bash is far faster (although Homebrew doesn't use require any gems, just FYI).
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Re:Homebrew 1.0.0 by s_kilk on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:49AM (#12548109)
Good to know, so did the speedup come mostly from not spinning-up the Ruby VM?
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Re:Homebrew 1.0.0 by mikemcquaid on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:25AM (#12548403)
Yep!
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