marshal_benchmark.rb

require 'benchmark'

texts, marshaled_texts = [], []
n = 1_000_000

puts "Write:"
Benchmark.bm(17) do |x|
  x.report('without marshal:') { for i in 1..n; texts << (0...8).map{(65+rand(26)).chr}.join end }
  x.report('with marshal:') { for i in 1..n; marshaled_texts << Marshal.dump((0...8).map{(65+rand(26)).chr}.join) end }
end

puts "\nRead:"
Benchmark.bm(17) do |x|
  x.report('without marshal:') { for i in 1..n; texts.pop end }
  x.report('with marshal:') { for i in 1..n; Marshal.load(marshaled_texts.pop) end }
end