Benchmark break vs. catch-throw vs. begin-rescue-end in ruby

bench.rb

require 'benchmark'

Benchmark.bmbm do |x|

  x.report('Break') do
    1_000_000.times do
      break
    end
  end

  x.report('Catch/Throw') do
    1_000_000.times do
      catch(:benchmarking) do
        throw(:benchmarking)
      end
    end
  end

  x.report('Raise/Rescue') do
    1_000_000.times do
      begin
        raise StandardError
      rescue
        # do nothing
      end
    end
  end

end

results.txt

Rehearsal ------------------------------------------------
Break          0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000017)
Catch/Throw    0.760000   0.300000   1.060000 (  1.056713)
Raise/Rescue  10.390000   0.590000  10.980000 ( 11.017974)
-------------------------------------- total: 12.040000sec

                   user     system      total        real
Break          0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000005)
Catch/Throw    0.770000   0.290000   1.060000 (  1.064175)
Raise/Rescue   9.630000   0.580000  10.210000 ( 10.232384)

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