From: Carlos <angus@...>
Date: 2006-07-04T18:26:56+09:00
Subject: Re: open-uri speed

Elliot Temple wrote:
> I just discovered this. Lots of people already know, I'm sure, but  
> maybe some don't.
> 
> 
> # net/http ran in: 128.734298 seconds.
> # open-uri ran in: 268.869359 seconds.
> 
> require "net/http"
> require "open-uri"
> 
> 
> def timing(name)
>   start_time = Time.now
>   yield
>   end_time = Time.now
>   puts "#{name} ran in: #{end_time - start_time} seconds."
> end
> 
> n = 1_000
> 
> timing("net/http") {Net::HTTP.start("www.pythonchallenge.com") do |http|
>   n.times do |i|
>     r = http.get("/pc/def/linkedlist.php")
>   end
> end}

Doesn't this version open the connection only once and then reuses it 
for all the requests?

> timing("open-uri") {n.times do |i|
>   open("http://www.pythonchallenge.com/pc/def/linkedlist.php") do |x|
>     x.read
>   end
> end}

This, I'm sure, doesn't reuse the connection.
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