rubinius sorting benchmarks

DRYed

~/projects/rubinius (git)-[master] % bin/benchmark benchmark/core/array/bench_sort.rb                                 23:46
=== bin/rbx ===
sort strings ascending
                         4244.9 (±0.5%) i/s -      21284 in   5.014169s (cycle=313)
array sort! strings ascending
                         4207.8 (±0.9%) i/s -      21267 in   5.054594s (cycle=417)
sort strings descending with block
                         1397.7 (±0.6%) i/s -       7124 in   5.096934s (cycle=137)
sort! strings descending with block
                         1387.8 (±0.9%) i/s -       6987 in   5.035176s (cycle=137)
sort numbers ascending
                         2241.3 (±0.6%) i/s -      11340 in   5.059756s (cycle=210)
array sort! numbers ascending
                         2142.5 (±0.5%) i/s -      10850 in   5.064239s (cycle=217)
sort numbers descending with block
                          973.9 (±2.3%) i/s -       4896 in   5.030146s (cycle=96)
sort! numbers descending with block
                         1001.4 (±3.2%) i/s -       5049 in   5.048253s (cycle=99)
 sort time ascending     1636.7 (±0.3%) i/s -       8320 in   5.083566s (cycle=160)
array sort! time ascending
                         1641.1 (±0.4%) i/s -       8211 in   5.003559s (cycle=161)
sort time descending with block
                          890.0 (±1.8%) i/s -       4472 in   5.026628s (cycle=86)
sort! time descending with block
                          835.5 (±2.8%) i/s -       4233 in   5.071181s (cycle=83)
sort nested fixnum arrays ascending
                          258.3 (±0.4%) i/s -       1311 in   5.075698s (cycle=23)
array sort! nested fixnum arrays ascending
                          259.3 (±0.4%) i/s -       1300 in   5.013860s (cycle=25)
sort nested fixnum arrays descending with block
                          214.9 (±0.0%) i/s -       1080 in   5.025706s (cycle=20)
sort! nested fixnum arrays descending with block
                          212.3 (±2.8%) i/s -       1080 in   5.092270s (cycle=20)

original

~/projects/rubinius (git)-[a2707e3...] % bin/benchmark benchmark/core/array/bench_sort.rb                             23:51
=== bin/rbx ===
sort strings ascending
                         4239.2 (±0.6%) i/s -      21384 in   5.044527s (cycle=297)
array sort! strings ascending
                         4234.9 (±0.5%) i/s -      21420 in   5.058130s (cycle=420)
sort strings descending with block
                         1669.7 (±1.0%) i/s -       8370 in   5.013359s (cycle=155)
sort! strings descending with block
                         1691.9 (±0.9%) i/s -       8476 in   5.010288s (cycle=163)
sort numbers ascending
                         2314.9 (±1.6%) i/s -      11772 in   5.086776s (cycle=218)
array sort! numbers ascending
                         2304.0 (±1.7%) i/s -      11544 in   5.011979s (cycle=222)
sort numbers descending with block
                         1858.7 (±1.1%) i/s -       9464 in   5.092407s (cycle=182)
sort! numbers descending with block
                         1910.2 (±0.7%) i/s -       9568 in   5.009058s (cycle=184)
 sort time ascending     1869.9 (±0.2%) i/s -       9464 in   5.061222s (cycle=182)
array sort! time ascending
                         1865.2 (±0.1%) i/s -       9464 in   5.073906s (cycle=182)
sort time descending with block
                         1625.4 (±0.5%) i/s -       8268 in   5.086747s (cycle=159)
sort! time descending with block
                         1664.2 (±1.1%) i/s -       8424 in   5.062399s (cycle=162)
sort nested fixnum arrays ascending
                          261.6 (±0.4%) i/s -       1311 in   5.011419s (cycle=23)
array sort! nested fixnum arrays ascending
                          259.2 (±0.4%) i/s -       1300 in   5.014980s (cycle=25)
sort nested fixnum arrays descending with block
                          231.9 (±0.4%) i/s -       1166 in   5.027884s (cycle=22)
sort! nested fixnum arrays descending with block
                          233.0 (±0.4%) i/s -       1166 in   5.003673s (cycle=22)