"There are lies, damned lies, and benchmarks"
Effect of running the following command on a box which has perl installed. It's been tried on Linux, Windows (Cygwin), Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX. Feel free to run this a number of times and post your best result.
time perl -e 'for($i=0;$i<1e8;$i++) { }'
Sorted List
Fastest finger first ( sorted on the "Real" column ).
Name/Nick |
Box Name/Type |
CPU Mfr |
CPU Model |
Clocked Speed |
Real |
User |
Sys |
falcon |
Deep Thought |
Magrathean |
|
|
0m0.001s |
0m0.001s |
0m0.001s |
zoo |
Intel |
i7 2600 @ 3.4GHz |
3400GHz |
0m3.361s |
0m3.350s |
0m0.000s |
|
Seeker` |
cjo20-desktop |
Intel |
i7 920 @ 4GHz |
4000MHz |
0m4.006s |
0m4.004s |
0m0.000s |
libertushost |
Intel |
i7 980ex |
3.33GHz |
0m4.386s |
0m4.380s |
0m0.000s |
|
Azelphur |
darth-vader |
Intel |
i7 920 @ 3.06Ghz |
3068MHz |
0m4.592s |
0m4.580s |
0m0.000s |
Scar |
Intel |
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 |
2.80Ghz |
0m4.745s |
0m4.740s |
0m0.000s |
|
nixtux |
eta-carinae |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 Q6600@ OC to 3.19GHz |
3195MHz |
0m4.808s |
0m4.781s |
0m0.002s |
flexo |
Intel |
i7 860 |
2.8GHz |
0m4.814s |
0m4.810s |
0m0.000s |
|
Raz |
Mellow |
Intel |
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 3.6GHz |
3666MHz |
0m4.894s |
0m4.883s |
0m0.004s |
Oimon |
todd |
Intel |
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz |
3100MHz |
0m5.195s |
0m5.192s |
0m0.002s |
ash |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0GHz |
3000MHz |
0m5.376s |
0m5.357s |
0m0.003s |
|
wopr |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 6700@ OC to 3.2GHz |
3197.736MHz |
0m5.443s |
0m5.428s |
0m0.004s |
|
ultra-magnus |
Intel |
Core(TM) i3 |
3070MHz |
0m5.455s |
0m5.432s |
0m0.004s |
|
pitsford |
Intel |
Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz (quad core) |
2493.777MHz |
0m6.000s |
0m6.000s |
0m0.000s |
|
fry |
Intel |
Core 2 Quad 6600 |
2.4GHz |
0m6.194s |
0m6.192s |
0m0.008s |
|
wopr |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 6700@2.66GHz |
2667.105MHz |
0m6.501s |
0m6.496s |
0m0.000s |
|
mufasa |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5520 @ 2.27GHz |
2260.998 |
0m6.966s |
0m6.756s |
0m0.004s |
|
willow |
Intel |
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 T7400 @ 2.16GHz |
2161.317MHz |
0m7.011s |
0m7.008s |
0m0.000s |
|
Raz |
Mellow |
Intel |
Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5200 @ 2.50GHz |
2511.638MHz |
0m7.202s |
0m7.191s |
0m0.006s |
happy |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 3060 @ 2.40GHz |
2394.064 |
0m7.891s |
0m7.828s |
0m0.000s |
|
Raz |
nebula - VPS |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3210 |
2.13GHz |
0m7.982s |
0m7.981s |
0m0.002s |
ash |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 6300@1.86GHz |
1861MHz |
0m8.196s |
0m8.197s |
0m0.004s |
|
ferox2, Dell Optiplex 745 |
Intel |
Core 2 Duo 6400 |
2.133GHz |
0m8.270s |
0m8.261s |
0m0.004s |
|
picard |
Intel |
Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz |
2.000GHz |
0m9.203s |
0m9.181s |
0m0.012s |
|
professor |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz |
3606MHz |
0m9.570s |
0m9.568s |
0m0.001s |
|
Raz |
BudAir, HP 530 Laptop |
Intel |
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 530 |
1.73GHz |
0m10.585s |
0m10.449s |
0m0.028s |
Lister |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU 5110 @ 1.60GHz |
1596MHz |
0m10.958s |
0m10.950s |
0m0.000s |
|
Lapin-Bleu/home server |
AMD |
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6400+ |
3200MHz |
0m11.139s |
0m11.141s |
0m0.000s |
|
hactar |
Intel |
Pentium M 2.13GHz |
|
0m11.630s |
0m11.269s |
0m0,007s |
|
HP BL20p G3 Blade |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.60GHz |
3602MHz |
0m11.856s |
0m11.855s |
0m0.001s |
|
plum/webserver |
Intel |
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz |
3016.145MHz |
0m12.184s |
0m12.720s |
0m0.003s |
|
srv-emmy |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz |
3001.097MHz |
0m12.449s |
0m12.448s |
0m0.002s |
|
chomsky |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz |
2993.238MHz |
0m12.494s |
0m12.497s |
0m0.000s |
|
srv-ada |
Intel |
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz |
3000.993MHz |
0m12.723s |
0m12.720s |
0m0.004s |
|
|
Intel |
Pentium CPU 3GHz |
|
0m12.957s |
0m12.890s |
0m0.060s |
|
ulmen |
Thinkpad X60s |
Intel |
Core Duo L2400 |
1667.000MHz |
0m13.170s |
0m13.153s |
0m0.004s |
trogdor |
AMD |
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ |
2712.421MHz |
0m13.405s |
0m13.257s |
0m0.008s |
|
Tetsuo |
Intel |
Pentium Mobile 2GHz |
|
0m13.523s |
0m12.812s |
0m0.018s |
|
|
Intel |
Pentium 4 520 |
2795MHz |
0m13.362s |
0m13.360s |
0m0.000s |
|
rimmer/webserver |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz |
|
0m13.397s |
0m13.383s |
0m0.002s |
|
Muscardin/laptop |
Intel |
Celeron 743 |
1.3 GHz |
0m14.189s |
0m11.061s |
0m0.008s |
|
jaws/desktop |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz |
3007.265MHz |
0m14.235s |
0m14.145s |
0m0.012s |
|
lin2 |
AMD |
Athlon64 X2 4200+ |
2532MHz |
0m14.573s |
0m14.569s |
0m0.004s |
|
silentk |
kokubunji |
AMD |
Athlon64 |
|
0m14.636s |
0m14.633s |
0m0.003s |
AMD |
Athlon Neo N36L |
1.3 GHz |
0m14.923s |
0m14.890s |
0m0.020s |
||
Raz |
mellow/upgraded |
Intel |
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz |
2393.871 |
0m15.287s |
0m14.891s |
0m0.047s |
Raz |
IBM Supercomputer (1 Core of 1 Blade) |
PPC |
PPC970MP Dual Core |
2497.5MHz |
0m16.826s |
0m16.810s |
0m0.020s |
Dave |
Tranquility/Desktop |
AMD |
Athlon64 3400+ |
|
0m17.046s |
0m16.787s |
0m0.029s |
acid2 |
|
AMD |
Athlon XP 3200+ |
|
0m17.583s |
0m17.06s |
0m0.078 |
Kieron |
Buchner |
AMD |
Opteron 246 |
1994MHz |
0m17.711s |
0m17.703s |
0m0.005s |
selene |
AMD |
Athlon64 3200+ |
2000MHz |
0m17.799s |
0m17.731s |
0m0.001s |
|
orca |
AMD |
Athlon XP 2800+ |
2086.527MHz |
0m17.909s |
0m17.766s |
0m0.005s |
|
Shuttle SN25P |
AMD |
AMD 64 3200 |
2.01 |
0m18.200s |
0m17.803s |
0m0.003s |
|
cubert |
AMD |
Athlon XP 1800+ |
2002MHz |
0m18.250s |
0m18.240s |
0m0.004s |
|
wombat/desktop |
AMD |
Athlon64 3200+ |
2202.834MHz |
0m18.237s |
0m16.373s |
0m0.018s |
|
mistral |
AMD |
Athlon64 3000+ |
1999.470MHz |
0m18.293s |
0m18.253s |
0m0.024s |
|
Dell laptop |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz |
|
0m18.956s |
0m18.410s |
0m0.054s |
|
falcon |
scuff |
AMD |
Athlon XP 2600+ |
|
0m19.075s |
0m19.063s |
0m0.012s |
nevis |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz |
2800MHz |
0m19.174s |
0m19.168s |
0m0.005s |
|
hermes |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.67GHz |
2667MHz |
0m19.308s |
0m19.304s |
0m0.004s |
|
Norman |
AMD |
Athlon 64 3000+ |
1800MHz |
0m19.687s |
0m19.557s |
0m0.128s |
|
siddy |
AMD |
Athlon X2 4050 |
2300MHz |
19.731s |
18.917s |
0.008s |
|
philc |
|
AMD |
Athlon XP 2500+ |
|
0m20.145s |
0m20.025s |
0m0.027s |
server3 |
AMD |
Athlon XP 3000+ |
2075MHz |
0m21.322s |
0m21.320s |
0m0.000s |
|
zoidberg |
AMD |
Athlon XP-M 2200+ |
1793MHz |
0m21.341s |
0m21.117s |
0m0.008s |
|
Mehall |
mehall-laptop |
AMD |
Athlon X2 64 Tk-57 |
1900MHz |
0m21.408s |
0m21.261s |
0m0.012s |
|
AMD |
XP2000+ |
|
0m21.437s |
0m21.420s |
0m0.020s |
|
yoda |
AMD |
Athlon XP 2400+ |
2020Mhz |
0m21.598s |
0m21.478s |
0m0.015s |
|
mauve/Desktop |
AMD |
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+ |
1797.066Mhz |
0m21.644s |
0m20.745s |
0m0.114s |
|
webserver |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz |
|
0m21.826s |
0m21.310s |
0m0.020s |
|
Ubuntu |
AMD |
Sempron 3000+ |
1795.551MHz |
0m21.832s |
0m21.813s |
0m0.010s |
|
andrewd18 |
AMD |
Athlon 64 3200+ |
2001Mhz |
0m21.858s |
0m21.540s |
0m0.056s |
|
server1 |
Intel |
Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz |
2399.762 |
0m22.020s |
0m21.580s |
0m0.010s |
|
Adrian Bridgett |
Dell D600 |
Intel |
Pentium M |
1700MHz |
0m22.187s |
0m21.873s |
0m0.144s |
silentk |
Webserver |
|
|
|
0m22.224s |
0m22.210s |
0m0.010s |
Acer 1362WLMi |
AMD |
Sempron 2800+ |
1601MHz |
0m23.070s |
0m23.010s |
0m0.000s |
|
wyvern |
AMD |
Athlon(tn) XP 2200+ |
|
0m23.529s |
0m22.917s |
0m0.006s |
|
Work box |
AMD |
Athlon64 3000+ |
2000.038MHz |
0m23.616s |
0m17.929s |
0m0.422s |
|
thebox, MythTV back-end |
AMD |
Athlon X2 Dual Core BE2400 |
2.200GHz |
0m24.013s |
0m23.813s |
0m0.008s |
|
Desktop |
AMD |
Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ |
1.66GHz |
0m24.055s |
0m22.525s |
0m0.060s |
|
eyuk1man |
AMD |
Opteron 242 |
1593.895MHz |
0m24.120 |
0m24.110 |
0m0.010 |
|
schwuk |
Acer AS9303WSMi |
AMD |
Turion 64 x2 TL-52 |
1600 |
0m24.491s |
0m23.661s |
0m0.132s |
silentk |
minik |
?? |
HP nx9005 |
|
0m24.939s |
0m24.271s |
0m0.277s |
Win2K/cygwin |
AMD |
Athlon(TM) XP 2400+ |
2000 |
0m25.139s |
0m23.905s |
0m0.030s |
|
zap |
Intel |
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz |
1992MHz |
0m25.181s |
0m25.109s |
0m0.007s |
|
Acer Aspire Revo 3700 |
Intel |
Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU D525 - Dual Core HT |
1.80GHz |
0m25.495s |
0m25.490s |
0m0.010s |
|
misterx |
Laptop |
Intel |
Celeron 2500MHz |
|
0m25.588s |
0m22.343s |
0m0.190s |
Xendistar |
Titan |
Intel |
Celeron 2400mhz |
|
0m26.550s |
0m22.318s |
0m0.009s |
cerberos |
AMD |
Athlon XP 1600 |
1400MHz |
0m26.687s |
0m26.574s |
0m0.032s |
|
paul_c |
|
AMD |
Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ |
|
0m27.217s |
0m24.278s |
0m0.026s |
Laptop |
Intel |
Pentium M 1400MHz |
1400MHz |
0m27.335s |
0m26.808s |
0m0.040s |
|
Asus Eee PC |
Intel |
Celeron |
900MHz |
0m24.358s |
0m24.326s |
0m0.008s |
|
Laptop |
Intel |
|
|
0m28.380s |
0m27.163s |
0m0.059s |
|
silentk |
Dell D600 |
Intel |
M 1500Mhz |
|
0m29.184s |
0m29.176s |
0m0.005s |
carbon |
Intel |
Intel Xeon CPU 2.40GHz |
2393.730 MHz |
0m29.827s |
0m27.573s |
0m0.020s |
|
EeePC 1008HA |
Atom(TM) CPU N280 |
1.66GHz |
1667MHz |
0m30.265s |
0m30.254s |
0m0.012s |
|
Acer Aspire Revo 3600 |
Atom(TM) CPU 230 |
1.60GHZ |
1599.849MHz |
0m31.396s |
0m31.394s |
0m0.008s |
|
nixtux |
Nvidia-Ion |
Atom(TM) CPU 330 |
1.60GHz |
1600.050MHz |
0m31.829s |
0m31.806s |
0m0.012s |
Compaq |
Intel Pentium 4 |
1.7GHz |
1695.239MHz |
0m31.862s |
0m31.638s |
0m0.022s |
|
HP xe4100 |
Intel |
Celeron 1.1GHz |
1133MHz |
0m32.314s |
0m31.917s |
0m0.56s |
|
vela |
Intel |
Itanium 2 (IA-64) 1.3GHz |
1300MHz |
0m34.644s |
0m34.615s |
0m0.004s |
|
iBook G4 |
IBM |
PowerPC G4 (1.5) |
1333MHz |
0m35.485s |
0m34.904s |
0m0.099s |
|
mother |
Intel |
Celeron 1GHz |
997.013 |
0m36.005s |
0m35.583s |
0m0.007s |
|
Mehall |
ics |
First International Computers |
Intel Pentium 3 |
1000MHz |
0m36.988s |
0m36.968s |
0m0.013s |
iam10 |
UML |
UML |
Unknown |
0m41.665s |
0m37.220s |
0m0.000s |
|
Rich |
IBM |
PowerPC G4 |
1420MHz |
0m42.325s |
0m32.729s |
0m.0.372s |
|
Asus Eee PC |
Intel |
Celeron |
630MHz |
0m43.442s |
0m40.400s |
0m0.120s |
|
Lardarse |
twenty |
Intel |
Celeron 800 |
|
0m44.073s |
0m44.060s |
0m0.010s |
Frank/Web server |
AMD |
Athlon 1Ghz |
|
0m44.637s |
0m43.143s |
0m0.069s |
|
speakeasy1 |
Sun |
1280MHz |
0m44.0 |
0m44.0 |
0m0.0 |
||
p690 |
IBM |
POWER4 1.7GHz |
1704 MHz |
0m47.18s |
0m46.07s |
0m0.02s |
|
Wyvern |
p520 |
IBM |
POWER5 1.65GHz |
1650 |
0m47.35s |
0m43.63s |
0m0.01s |
p595 |
IBM |
POWER5 1.90GHz |
1904 |
0m47.55 |
0m47.48s |
0m0.00s |
|
Alanh02 |
foxbox/XBox |
Intel |
Celeron |
733 |
0m47.87 |
0m47.83s |
0m0.04s |
Dave |
Liquid/Webserver |
Intel |
Pentium 4 CPU 2.00GHz |
|
0m49.416s |
0m35.290s |
0m0.010s |
Raz |
Noor |
Intel |
Pentium III (Coppermine) |
751.742 |
0m51.360s |
0m48.415s |
0m0.260s |
Andy Ball |
northwood |
Intel |
Celeron "Northwood" |
2000MHz |
0m52.082s |
0m25.734s |
0m0.076s |
fits2001 |
DEC |
Alpha EV68AL |
833MHz |
0m52.419 |
0m52.398 |
0m0.00 |
|
telgar |
Intell |
PIII |
800 |
0m54.244s |
0m54.239s |
0m0.004s |
|
dsvr |
Intel |
Pentium III 799.671 |
|
0m54.444s |
0m50.680s |
0m0.430s |
|
Toshiba Laptop |
Intel |
Pentium III |
647 |
0m58.215s |
0m56.800s |
0m0.043s |
|
worf |
Intel |
Pentium III |
599Mhz |
0m58.811s |
0m58.461s |
0m0.022s |
|
web/mail/irc server |
Intel |
Pentium III 851.954 |
|
1m4.115s |
1m0.070s |
0m0.210s |
|
|
Intel |
P550 |
|
1m5.560s |
1m2.782s |
0m0.695s |
|
minke |
Intel |
Celeron 533 |
534.645MHz |
1m5.920s |
1m5.696s |
0m0.016s |
|
Meeja Box |
VIA |
Nehemiah |
1002.601 |
1m9.278s |
1m9.161s |
0m0.120s |
|
chimera |
Intel |
Intel Pentium 4 (UML) |
unknown |
1m12.602s |
0m28.380s |
0m0.070s |
|
ubuntu |
VIA |
Nehemiah |
1GHz |
1m14.765s |
1m13.768s |
0m0.071s |
|
sn42338 |
Intel |
Itanium 2 |
1500MHz |
1m14.8 |
1m14.6 |
0.0 |
|
benden |
Intel |
Celeron |
633 |
1m17.017s |
1m11.796s |
0m0.284s |
|
Naemu7 |
DEC |
Alpha EV67 |
666 |
1m16.83 |
1m9.07s |
0m0.0 |
|
Andy Ball |
delia |
Intel |
Pentium III "Katmai" |
500MHz |
1m12.206s |
1m12.190s |
0m0.020s |
|
Intel |
smp 450 |
|
1m19.182s |
1m19.180s |
0m0.000s |
|
solent |
|
1m20.116s |
1m19.927s |
0m0.015s |
|||
paul_c |
|
Intel |
Celeron |
431.162 |
1m20.775s |
1m20.583s |
0m0.016s |
philc |
|
Intel |
Pentium II 450 |
448.155 |
1m25.977s |
1m20.318s |
0m0.109s |
falcon |
laptop |
Intel |
Celeron 400 |
400.050 |
1m30.097s |
1m28.799s |
0m0.027s |
Superdome1 |
HP |
PA-RISC8700 |
750MHz |
1m33.2 |
1m33.1 |
0m0.0 |
|
herrick (Nokia N900) |
ARM |
ARMv7 |
? |
1m37.74s |
1m36.88s |
0m0.03s |
|
Bob/Mail server |
Intel |
Pentium III 666 |
|
1m40.339s |
0m54.310s |
0m0.030s |
|
marvin |
Intel |
Pentium III |
448.965Mhz |
1m41.215s |
1m40.896s |
0.023s |
|
miyu |
VIA |
Eden |
600MHz |
1m44.477s |
1m44.177s |
0m0.024s |
|
gloria, Compaq Deskpro EN |
Intel |
Pentium II |
350Mhz |
1m55.238s |
1m43.755s |
0m0.142s |
|
humpback |
Intel |
Pentium II 300 |
300.685MHz |
1m55.705s |
1m55.570s |
0m0.000s |
|
Minicube |
VIA |
|
500MHz |
1m57.766s |
1m56.105s |
0m0.017s |
|
silentk |
kairi |
Intel |
IBM Thinkpad 600e |
|
1m59.517s |
1m58.790s |
0m0.015s |
davros |
Intel |
Pentium II |
266Mhz |
2m3.189s |
2m0.150s |
0m1.570s |
|
falcon |
jon |
DEC |
Alpha EV56 |
400 |
2m5.467s |
2m4.784s |
0m0.019s |
Brad Macpherson |
gateway |
AMD |
Athlon |
500MHz |
2m10.71s |
2m8.63s |
0m0.51s |
deagle/firewall |
VIA |
Samuel 2 |
533.501 |
2m11.345s |
2m10.125s |
0m0.131s |
|
falcon |
odie |
Intel |
Pentium II 266 |
265.995 |
2m14.037s |
2m12.919s |
0m0.034s |
Server(!) |
Intel |
Pentium II 266 |
267.289 |
2m14.699s |
2m14.597s |
0m0.025s |
|
vader |
VIA |
Eden |
600Mhz |
2m25.781s |
2m24.988s |
0m0.020s |
|
Herisson/webserver |
Intel |
Pentium II (Klamath) |
233.195MHz |
2m33.921s |
2m31.940s |
0m0.085s |
|
Firewall |
Intel |
Pentium MMX 233 |
233.862 |
2m36.871s |
2m34.550s |
0m0.080s |
|
karakal/desktop |
AMD |
Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by National Semi |
398.475 |
2m41.974s |
2m40.978s |
0m0.012s |
|
Aluetia E2 |
Via |
Via Eden Processor |
498.768 |
2m45.043s |
2m25.693s |
0m0.320s |
|
Loutre/notebook |
Intel |
Pentium II (Deschutes) |
264.726Mhz |
2m49.428s |
2m20.869s |
0m1.152s |
|
|
Intel |
Pentium Pro 200 |
199.479 |
3m1.379s |
3m0.250s |
0m0.049s |
|
Intranet |
Intel |
Pentium Pro |
179.632MHz |
3m28.952s |
3m24.980s |
0m0.040s |
|
Mehall |
Cyrix-Bang |
Cyrix |
M-II |
250MHz |
3m52.051s |
3m51.930s |
0m0.024s |
falcon |
pooky |
IDT |
WinChip C6 |
200 |
4m13.013s |
4m12.680s |
0m0.030s |
igloo |
Intel |
Pentium II 133 |
133.639 |
4m21.194s |
4m19.940s |
0m0.070s |
|
Jim/Workstation |
Sun |
UltraSparc IIi/256Mhz |
|
4m40.494s |
3m59.770s |
0m0.020s |
|
narwhal |
Intel |
Pentium 100 |
99.718MHz |
6m14.43s |
4m13.94s |
0m0.07s |
|
Vic |
BattleAxe/Tosh laptop |
Intel |
Pentium 233 |
233.327MHz |
6m55.432s |
6m54.630s |
0m0.080s |
Dell |
Intel |
Pentium |
99.717 |
6m58.429s |
6m55.370s |
0m0.110s |
|
rimmer/SGI Indy |
QED |
R4600SC |
133MHz |
7m9.923s |
6m38.410s |
0m0.920s |
|
Other variants
(times vs 0m5.376s for Perl)
PHP (5.383s):
time php -r 'for ($i=0;$i<1e8;$i++) { }'
Ruby v1 (21.269s (8.746s system time!)):
time ruby -e 'for i in (0..100000000) do end'
Ruby v2 (4.615s, practically no system time):
time ruby -e '(0..100000000).each do end'C (0.234s + 0.023s for compilation; with -O2 0.037s for compilation, 0.001s to run):
- main() {
- int i;
for (i=0;i<100000000;i++) { }
- int i;