the presentation can be found at http://confreaks.net/events/lsrc2010, but it's not available just yet.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Jeffrey L. Taylor <r...@abluz.dyndns.org>wrote: > Quoting BlueHandTalking <j...@whidbey.com>: > > I am looking at getting a new Thinkpad with an i5 processor. > > > > I was curious to what extent this would speed up developing a Ruby on > > Rails > > app. I am guessing that this depends to what extent multi-threading is > > utilized, > > but I am not sure---hence the question :^) > > > > Ruby (at least for 1.8) does not use multiple cores. However, the database > server may. And test suites usually hit both. > > A talk was given at Lone Star Ruby on how the speaker reduced the run time > for > the test suite from 13 minutes to 18 seconds. Part of the changes involved > running pieces of the test suite in parallel on multiple CPUs. I am pretty > sure the talk is on the Web somewhere. Google for "Grease your Suite: Tips > and Tricks for Faster Testing". > > HTH, > Jeffrey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rubyonrails-talk%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
