microbenchmarks are dumb

gistfile1.txt

require 'rubygems'
require 'tach'

Tach.meter(1_000_000) do
  tach('double') do
    "path"
  end
  tach('single') do
    'path'
  end
  tach('double double toil and trouble') do
    "path"
  end
end


#~/ #>jruby tmp.rb 
  # 
  # [double, single, double double toil and trouble]
  # 
  # +--------------------------------+----------+
  # | tach                           | total    |
  # +--------------------------------+----------+
  # | single                         | 3.442000 |
  # +--------------------------------+----------+
  # | double double toil and trouble | 3.767000 |
  # +--------------------------------+----------+
  # | double                         | 4.436000 |
  # +--------------------------------+----------+

jruby??