gistfile1.txt

with pe-httpd stopped

bash|curl

real  0m0.962s
user	0m0.198s
sys	0m0.580s

ruby

real  0m3.685s
user	0m2.706s
sys	0m0.902s

for i in {1..100}; do ./external_node master.puppetlabs.vm 2>&1 /dev/null; done

native external node:
real  0m14.113s
user	0m1.594s
sys	0m2.364s


https://gist.github.com/mrzarquon/d6fa790c57cf7f7319b7
real  0m20.141s
user	0m3.252s
sys	0m4.891s

https://gist.github.com/fiddyspence/6313164

real  0m25.984s
user	0m5.269s
sys	0m1.477s