this one's for you charlie ;-)






NAME
   threadify.rb


SYNOPSIS
   enumerable = %w( a b c d )
   enumerable.threadify(2){ 'process this block using two worker  
threads' }

DESCRIPTION
   threadify.rb makes it stupid easy to process a bunch of data using  
'n'
   worker threads

INSTALL
   gem install threadify

URI
   http://rubyforge.org/projects/codeforpeople

SAMPLES

   <========< sample/a.rb > ========>

   ~ >  cat sample/a.rb

     require 'open-uri'
     require 'yaml'

     require 'rubygems'
     require 'threadify'


     uris =
       %w(
         http://google.com
         http://yahoo.com
         http://rubyforge.org
         http://ruby-lang.org
         http://kcrw.org
         http://drawohara.com
         http://codeforpeople.com
       )


     time 'without threadify' do
       uris.each do |uri|
         body = open(uri){|pipe| pipe.read}
       end
     end


     time 'with threadify' do
       uris.threadify do |uri|
         body = open(uri){|pipe| pipe.read}
       end
     end


     BEGIN {
       def time label
         a = Time.now.to_f
         yield
       ensure
         b = Time.now.to_f
         y label =>  (b - a)
       end
     }

   ~ >  ruby sample/a.rb

     ---
     without threadify: 7.41900205612183
     ---
     with threadify: 3.69886112213135




a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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better. simply reflect on that.
h.h. the 14th dalai lama