FAQ#25
Why does subtle cause to many wakeups?
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Answer
The wakeups are caused by a Ruby internal polling thread that runs every 10ms to schedule/handle other threads and signals. There is currently no way to avoid that in YARV, although the problem is well known.
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/200147
There is finally some progress regarding this: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/549998
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