$ ruby --version ruby 2.0.0p195 (2013-05-14 revision 40734) [x86_64-darwin12.3.0] $ ruby method-cache-test.rb user system total real defined methods, not busting cache: 0.270000 0.000000 0.270000 ( 0.273828) method_missing dispatch, not busting cache: 0.410000 0.000000 0.410000 ( 0.408970) defined methods, busting cache with trivial Object#extend: 1.390000 0.030000 1.420000 ( 1.414536) defined methods, busting cache with Class.new: 1.550000 0.090000 1.640000 ( 1.638677) method_missing dispatch, busting cache with trivial Object#extend: 1.610000 0.020000 1.630000 ( 1.640575) method_missing dispatch, busting cache with Class.new: 1.840000 0.060000 1.900000 ( 1.889407)