gistfile1.rb

require 'socket'

threads = []

(0..ARGV[0].to_i).each do |i|
  if i % 500 == 0
    puts "#{i} threads spawned"
  end

  threads.push(
    Thread.new do
      t = TCPSocket.new("test", 11211)
 
      $/ = "\r\n"
      t.puts "stats"

      while t.readline != "END\r\n"
        1
      end

      sleep
    end
  )
end

threads.map(&:join)