= net-http-persistent

* http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/net-http-persistent
* https://github.com/drbrain/net-http-persistent

== DESCRIPTION:

Manages persistent connections using Net::HTTP plus a speed fix for 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
according to RFC 2616.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Supports SSL
* Thread-safe
* Pure ruby
* Timeout-less speed boost for 1.8 (by Aaron Patterson)

== INSTALL:

  gem install net-http-persistent

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2010 Eric Hodel, Aaron Patterson

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