gistfile1.rb

# little test script to verify the speed of msgpack vs. json

require 'rubygems'
require 'yajl'
require 'msgpack'
require 'benchmark'

array  = (1..20).map {|i| rand(i)}
map    = (1..20).inject({}) {|r, o| r[rand(o).to_s] = rand(o); r}
string = (1..512).map {|i| ((rand(i) % 94) + 32).chr.to_s}.join('')
puts array.inspect
puts map.inspect
puts string.inspect

iterations = 200_000

Benchmark.bm do |bench|
  bench.report("msgpack") do
    iterations.times do
      msg = array.to_msgpack
      MessagePack.unpack(msg)
      msg = map.to_msgpack
      MessagePack.unpack(msg)
      msg = string.to_msgpack
      MessagePack.unpack(msg)
    end
  end
  
  bench.report("yajl-ruby") do
    iterations.times do
      json = Yajl::Encoder.encode(array)
      Yajl::Parser.parse(json)
      json = Yajl::Encoder.encode(map)
      Yajl::Parser.parse(json)
      json = Yajl::Encoder.encode(string)
      Yajl::Parser.parse(json)
    end
  end
end