# Ruby-gnome2 performance

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [June 15, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843 "2006-06-15T18:37:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843/1 "2006-06-15T18:37:48Z")

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Hi guys,

I have problems with the performance of ruby-gnome2 bindings on my  
Windows machine.

For example, when I run the following code, it takes at least 1 second  
for the window to appear:

```
require 'gtk2'
Gtk.init

button = Gtk::Button.new("Hello World")
window = Gtk::Window.new
window.signal_connect("destroy") { Gtk.main_quit }
window.border_width = 10
window.add(button)
window.show_all

Gtk.main

```

I am currently working on a complicate interface and this slow  
performance scares me,  
especially because with Python I do not have the same problem.

Could it be that PyGTK is better implemented, or do I have a problem  
with my system ?  
What do you think ?

I am on Windows XP, using Ruby 1.8.2 and ruby-gnome2 version 2-0.14.1

Thank you,

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843/2 "2006-06-16T11:31:28Z")

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Alex N. wrote:

> I am currently working on a complicate interface and this slow  
> performance scares me,  
> especially because with Python I do not have the same problem.

I would suspect that it’s Ruby, many people have complained about how  
slow Ruby is. ☹

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843/3 "2006-06-16T13:10:08Z")

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On 6/16/06, Reggie Mr [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Alex N. wrote:
> 
> > I am currently working on a complicate interface and this slow  
> > performance scares me,  
> > especially because with Python I do not have the same problem.
> 
> I would suspect that it’s Ruby, many people have complained about how  
> slow Ruby is. ☹

I would not, at least not for the reason you state!  
Sorry OP that I cannot help on the subject, just had to defend the red  
gem.

Robert

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- Albert Einstein

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843/4 "2006-06-16T14:24:37Z")

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Ruby has a very slow startup time. There’s nothing to deny there. I  
wouldn’t blame the bindings, but yes, I would blame Ruby.

Still, we all love Ruby anyways, and eagerly wait Ruby 2.

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gnome2-performance/95843/5 "2006-06-16T15:19:46Z")

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Matthew H. wrote:

> Ruby has a very slow startup time. There’s nothing to deny there. I  
> wouldn’t blame the bindings, but yes, I would blame Ruby.  
> (flori@lambda:src 0)$ time ruby -e1 ; time perl -e1 ; time python -c1 ;  
> time java Foo

real 0m0.005s  
user 0m0.004s  
sys 0m0.000s

real 0m0.005s  
user 0m0.004s  
sys 0m0.004s

real 0m0.021s  
user 0m0.016s  
sys 0m0.000s

real 0m0.108s  
user 0m0.040s  
sys 0m0.004s

Yes, very slow startup time.

BTW: I don’t have any speed problems with ruby-gnome2 unlike the OP.  
It’s unlikely, that they are related to Ruby’s execution speed in any  
way, because they are written mostly in C.

> Still, we all love Ruby anyways, and eagerly wait Ruby 2.  
> …

Florian