I'm not yet convinced this is due to GC. Sent a pull request[1] to Hannes to use the faster Buffer technique, to at least rule out the interference of v8's cra

I'm not yet convinced this is due to GC. Sent a pull request[1] to Hannes to use the faster Buffer technique, to at least rule out the interference of v8's crazy slow string juggling under load. 1: http://github.com/hns/ringo-node-benchmark/pull/1 http://github.com/hns/ringo-node-benchmark/pull/1