lipowen · May 3, 2017 08:25 · Dec 1, 2010
diff --git a/excon benchmark b/excon benchmark
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+$ ruby benchmarks/excon_vs_google.rb 
+
+  [em-http-request, HTTParty, Net::HTTP, Net::HTTP (persistent), open-uri, RestClient, StreamlyFFI (persistent), Typhoeus, Excon, Excon (persistent)]
+
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | tach                     | total     |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | Excon                    | 7.614298  |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | Typhoeus                 | 7.723362  |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | StreamlyFFI (persistent) | 7.778743  |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | Excon (persistent)       | 8.178862  |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | open-uri                 | 17.996636 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | RestClient               | 18.041814 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | Net::HTTP                | 18.256657 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | Net::HTTP (persistent)   | 18.293269 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | em-http-request          | 18.554890 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
+  | HTTParty                 | 18.624778 |
+  +--------------------------+-----------+
diff --git a/excon_vs_google.rb b/excon_vs_google.rb
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+require 'rubygems' if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+require 'bundler'
+
+Bundler.require(:default)
+Bundler.require(:benchmark)
+
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib', 'excon')
+
+require 'em-http-request'
+require 'httparty'
+require 'net/http'
+require 'open-uri'
+require 'rest_client'
+require 'tach'
+require 'typhoeus'
+
+url = "http://www.google.com"
+
+Tach.meter(100) do
+
+  tach('em-http-request') do
+    EventMachine.run {
+      http = EventMachine::HttpRequest.new(url).get
+
+      http.callback {
+        http.response
+        EventMachine.stop
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
+  tach('HTTParty') do
+    HTTParty.get(url).body
+  end
+
+  tach('Net::HTTP') do
+    # Net::HTTP.get('localhost', '/data/1000', 9292)
+    Net::HTTP.start('www.google.com', 80) {|http| http.get('/').body }
+  end
+
+  Net::HTTP.start('www.google.com', 80) do |http|
+    tach('Net::HTTP (persistent)') do
+      http.get('/').body
+    end
+  end
+
+  tach('open-uri') do
+    open(url).read
+  end
+
+  tach('RestClient') do
+    RestClient.get(url)
+  end
+
+  streamly = StreamlyFFI::Connection.new
+  tach('StreamlyFFI (persistent)') do
+    streamly.get(url)
+  end
+
+  tach('Typhoeus') do
+    Typhoeus::Request.get(url).body
+  end
+
+  tach('Excon') do
+    Excon.get(url).body
+  end
+
+  excon = Excon.new(url)
+  tach('Excon (persistent)') do
+    excon.request(:method => 'get').body
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/gistfile3.txt b/gistfile3.txt