Ruby quotes

gistfile1.rb

Benchmark.bmbm do |b|
  b.report('single quotes') { 37_000_000.times {  'Six sets straight, ace, cut em in the bathroom.' } }
  b.report('double quotes') { 37_000_000.times { "Six sets straight, ace, cut em in the bathroom." } }
  b.report('%q') { 37_000_000.times { %q{Six sets straight, ace, cut em in the bathroom.} } }
  b.report('%Q') { 37_000_000.times { %Q{Six sets straight, ace, cut em in the bathroom.} } }
end

#                     user     system      total        real
# single quotes   3.480000   0.000000   3.480000 (  3.481189)
# double quotes   3.510000   0.010000   3.520000 (  3.507431)
# %q              3.490000   0.000000   3.490000 (  3.487838)
# %Q              3.470000   0.000000   3.470000 (  3.476493)