* http://docs.seattlerb.org/net-http-persistent
* https://github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent
Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for Ruby 1.8.
It's thread-safe too!
Using persistent HTTP connections can dramatically increase the speed of HTTP.
Creating a new HTTP connection for every request involves an extra TCP
round-trip and causes TCP congestion avoidance negotiation to start over.
Net::HTTP supports persistent connections with some API methods but does not
handle reconnection gracefully. Net::HTTP::Persistent supports reconnection
and retry according to RFC 2616.
=== Changes:
* Minor enhancement
* Net::HTTP::Persistent#idle_timeout may be set to nil to disable expiration
of connections. Pull Request #21 by Aaron Stone