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Using a virtual dev environment (with vagrant) seems like a good move if you're stuck on windows. You get to develop with software that runs on linux using whatever tools you're comfortable with on windows.

Re: RVM for Windows: vertiginous's pik at master - GitHub

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Post by yatsyk » Wed, Oct 13, 2010, 8:31 AM UTC

jshen wrote: post #6

Ocho-Bits wrote: post #2

Is still Ruby and Rails slow as hell in Windows?

You can always use jruby

ruby startup speed is most annoying on windows. jruby is not a fix for this issue by design.

Re: RVM for Windows: vertiginous's pik at master - GitHub

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Post by jshen » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 3:57 AM UTC

yatsyk wrote: post #8

jshen wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can always use jruby

ruby startup speed is most annoying on windows. jruby is not a fix for this issue by design.

How long does it take for MRI to startup on windows?

Re: RVM for Windows: vertiginous's pik at master - GitHub

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Post by yatsyk » Thu, Oct 14, 2010, 7:45 AM UTC

jshen wrote: post #9

yatsyk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ruby startup speed is most annoying on windows. jruby is not a fix for this issue by design.

How long does it take for MRI to startup on windows?

interpreter startup with tiny script is ok but loading unit tests by rake command is slow.