yaml/json serialization

gistfile1.rb

require 'benchmark'
require 'json'
require 'yaml'

iterations = 10_000

message = {:to => 'Justin', :from => 'Andres', :subject => 'Foosball Game', :body => "Hey, sorry that I left without at least asking anyone if they wanted to play a quick game of foosball.  That was really dumb.  Next time I won't be dumb about that."}

message_yaml = YAML::dump(message)
message_json = message.to_json

Benchmark.bm(10) do |x|
  x.report("YAML::dump") { (1..iterations).each{|i| YAML::dump(message)} }
  x.report("to_json")    { (1..iterations).each{|i| message.to_json} }
  x.report("YAML::load") { (1..iterations).each{|i| YAML::load(message_yaml)} }
  x.report("JSON.parse") { (1..iterations).each{|i| JSON.parse(message_json)} }
end