string-theory

gist-1.rb

# ./test_single_or_double.rb

require './stats.rb'

test_strings = {:double => 'ruby -e "start_time = Time.now; 100_000.times { \"a\" }; puts Time.now - start_time"',
                :single => "ruby -e \"start_time = Time.now; 100_000.times { 'a' }; puts Time.now - start_time\""}

sr =  1000.times.inject([]) {|memo, result| memo << `#{test_strings[:single]}`.strip }
dr = 1000.times.inject([]) {|memo, result| memo << `#{test_strings[:double]}`.strip }

single_quotes = Stats.new(sr)
double_quotes = Stats.new(dr)

single_quotes.to_csv("/path/to/file/single_quote_#{RUBY_VERSION}.csv")
double_quotes.to_csv("/path/to/file/double_quote_#{RUBY_VERSION}.csv")