And here's the copy step.

git-svn-id: http://www.rousette.org.uk/svn/tracks-repos/trunk@501 a4c988fc-2ded-0310-b66e-134b36920a42

tracks/script/benchmarker

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+if ARGV.empty?
+  puts "Usage: benchmarker times 'Person.expensive_way' 'Person.another_expensive_way' ..."
+  exit 
+end
+
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../config/environment'
+require 'benchmark'
+include Benchmark
+
+# Don't include compilation in the benchmark
+ARGV[1..-1].each { |expression| eval(expression) }
+
+bm(6) do |x|
+  ARGV[1..-1].each_with_index do |expression, idx|
+    x.report("##{idx + 1}") { ARGV[0].to_i.times { eval(expression) } }
+  end
+end