Celluloid Actors vs Actor Pools - Fibres vs Threads

gistfile1.rb

require 'celluloid'
require 'benchmark'

$mutex = Mutex.new
$resource = ConditionVariable.new

class Example
  include Celluloid

	def slow_method
		sleep 5
	end

	def fast_method
		$mutex.synchronize {
			$resource.signal
		}
	end
end

single = Example.new
pool = Example.pool

tasks = ::Celluloid.cores * 2

time = Benchmark.measure do
	$mutex.synchronize {
		tasks.times { single.async.slow_method }
		single.async.fast_method
		$resource.wait($mutex)
	}
end
p "single executed in #{time}"
sleep 10	# ensures nothing processing


time = Benchmark.measure do
	$mutex.synchronize {
		tasks.times { pool.async.slow_method }
		pool.async.fast_method
		$resource.wait($mutex)
	}
end
p "pool executed in #{time}"