gistfile1.txt

>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg" =~ /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000748)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg" =~ /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000743)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg" =~ /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000715)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg" =~ /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000659)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg" =~ /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000711)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg".match /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.001304)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg".match /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.001285)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg".match /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.001280)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg".match /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.001386)
=> nil
>> puts Benchmark.measure { 1000.times { "abcdefg".match /a/ } }
  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.001342)
=> nil