Test 2: run on internet, real case with network latency, cache active on remote server URI: http://google.de, GET method Compare COUNT: 1000 Benchmark: timing 1000 iterations of Furl, curl, lite, lwp, lwp_simple... Furl: 99.9638 wallclock secs (0.75 usr + 0.52 sys = 1.27 CPU) @790/s curl: 42.9186 wallclock secs (0.24 usr + 0.39 sys = 0.63 CPU) @1580/s lite: 14.2738 wallclock secs (0.48 usr + 0.24 sys = 0.72 CPU) @1391/s lwp: 102.792 wallclock secs (3.88 usr + 0.44 sys = 4.31 CPU) @231/s lwp_simple: 432.2 wallclock secs (3.73 usr + 0.48 sys = 4.22 CPU) @237/s Rate lwp lwp_simple Furl lite curl lwp 232/s -- -2% -71% -83% -85% lwp_simple 237/s 2% -- -70% -83% -85% Furl 790/s 241% 233% -- -43% -50% lite 1391/s 500% 487% 76% -- -12% curl 1580/s 581% 567% 100% 14% --