README in memcached-0.20.1 vs README in memcached-1
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+ new
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== Features
* clean API
* robust access to all memcached features
* multiple hashing modes, including consistent hashing
-* ludicrous speed, including optional non-blocking IO
+* ludicrous speed, including optional pipelined IO with no_reply
The <b>memcached</b> library wraps the pure-C libmemcached client via SWIG.
== Installation
-You need Ruby 1.8.7 or Ruby 1.9.1. Other versions may work, but are not guaranteed. You also need the libsasl2-dev library, which should be provided through your system's package manager.
+You need Ruby 1.8.7 or Ruby 1.9.2. Other versions may work, but are not guaranteed. You also need the libsasl2-dev library, which should be provided through your system's package manager.
Install the gem:
sudo gem install memcached --no-rdoc --no-ri
== Usage
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# Join the thread so that exceptions don't get lost
thread.join
== Benchmarks
-<b>memcached</b> is up to 10x faster than <b>memcache-client</b>. See BENCHMARKS[link:files/BENCHMARKS.html] for details.
+<b>memcached</b>, correctly configured, is up to 60x faster than <b>memcache-client</b> or <b>dalli</b>. See BENCHMARKS[link:files/BENCHMARKS.html] for details.
== Reporting problems
The support forum is here[http://github.com/fauna/memcached/issues].