Any thoughts on Ruby's comparable LWP libraries?

Hi All,

Does anyone have any experience with Ruby and its capabilities compared
to what LWP has? How is it when it comes to SSL(https) connections? I've
got a site done in Perl(HTML::Mason) and I have to make requests using
LWP (mostly LWP::UserAgent) to other web servers/services on a regular
basis. I've been recently mulling over a gradual rewrite in Ruby(on
Rails - all this hype has got my attention) and I'm wondering if its
worth it due to the fact I use LWP often.

Any thoughts/experiences/warnings would be appreciated.

Justin