gistfile1.txt

require 'benchmark'
class Chad
  def a_method
    1
  end
end
c = Chad.new

Benchmark.bmbm do |bm|
  bm.report("send") {100000.times{ c.send(:a_method)}}
  bm.report("eval") {100000.times{ eval("c.a_method")}}
end

__END__

Rehearsal ----------------------------------------
send   0.020000   0.000000   0.020000 (  0.013512)
eval   0.790000   0.000000   0.790000 (  0.793697)
------------------------------- total: 0.810000sec

           user     system      total        real
send   0.010000   0.000000   0.010000 (  0.013617)
eval   0.800000   0.000000   0.800000 (  0.790621)