A test to play with blocking vs non blocking code over the http. Using spray as server, dispatch as client.
Some results for blocking calls, times in ms.
Total: 100 Min: 115 Max: 6171 Mean: 3106.96 Median: 3132 95cent: 5920
Non blocking
Total: 100000 Min: 46 Max: 1295 Mean: 87.26137 Median: 78 95cent: 110