lambda-vs-array.rb

require 'benchmark'

Benchmark.bmbm do |x|
  x.report { 1_000_000.times { lambda { } } }
  x.report { 1_000_000.times { Array.new } }
end

__END__

Rehearsal ------------------------------------
   2.490000   0.740000   3.230000 (  3.238588)
   0.810000   0.080000   0.890000 (  0.888949)
--------------------------- total: 4.120000sec

       user     system      total        real
   2.390000   0.740000   3.130000 (  3.137138)
   0.390000   0.000000   0.390000 (  0.389827)