if you want to see how quick/slow a command is in irb you can paste or mixin the following method:
def time(&block) puts Benchmark.measure(&block) end
then
time { something.that_takes_forever }
with thanks to: https://makandracards.com/makandra/20541-measure-code-execution-time-in-an-irb-or-rails-console
Posted by Rob Williams to Foxsoft (2015-11-17 16:49)