msgpack-vs-json.rb

require "benchmark"
require "msgpack"
require "json"


N = Integer(ARGV[0] || 10000)

data = { 'hello' => { 'there' => 'peeps' },
         'yes' => [1, 2, 3],
         'no' => true, 'bam' => false }

Benchmark.bmbm do |x|
  x.report "msgpack" do
    N.times do
      data.to_msgpack
    end
  end

  x.report "json" do
    N.times do
      data.to_json
    end
  end
end