gistfile1.rb

calls = 10
@klass = Class.new do
  include HTTPMachine
end
benchmark do |t|    
  t.report("httpmachine") do
    HTTPMachine.service_access do      
      calls.times do
        s = nil
        @klass.get("http://127.0.0.1:3000") do |response_code, response_body|
          s = response_body
        end
      end
    end
  end

  t.report("net::http") do
    calls.times do
      s = open("http://127.0.0.1:3000").read
    end
  end
end