Re: [OT] Re: How do I tell when I'm on Cygwin?

Here's my results:


The native Ruby (one-click):

E:\>ruby benchmark.rb
Start Ruby benchmark
             user     system      total        real
intArithmetic i:10000001
 intResult:1
  8.890000   0.000000   8.890000 (  9.078000)
doubleArithmetic i:11000000.0
 doubleResult:10011632.7168688
  1.235000   0.000000   1.235000 (  1.390000)
longArithmetic i:11000000
 Result:10000000
  2.562000   0.015000   2.577000 (  2.735000)
trig    i:100000.0
 sine:0.860248280789742
 cosine:-0.509875372417901
 tangent:-1.68717362580256
 logarithm:4.99999565703347
 squareRoot:316.226184874055
  0.547000   0.000000   0.547000 (  0.546000)
io     write=10000 read=10000  0.047000   0.016000   0.063000 (  0.079000)
Total Ruby benchmark time: 13.281000   0.031000  13.312000 ( 13.828000)

The Cygwin Ruby:

$ ruby benchmark.rb
Start Ruby benchmark
             user     system      total        real
intArithmetic i:10000001
 intResult:1
  5.875000   0.000000   5.875000 (  5.904000)
doubleArithmetic i:11000000.0
 doubleResult:10011632.7168688
  0.844000   0.000000   0.844000 (  0.844000)
longArithmetic i:11000000
 Result:10000000
  1.515000   0.000000   1.515000 (  1.538000)
trig    i:100000.0
 sine:0.860248280789742
 cosine:-0.509875372417901
 tangent:-1.68717362580256
 logarithm:4.99999565703347
 squareRoot:316.226184874055
  0.360000   0.000000   0.360000 (  0.399000)
io     write=10000 read=10000  0.015000   0.032000   0.047000 (  0.051000)
Total Ruby benchmark time:  8.609000   0.032000   8.641000 (  8.736000)

The benchmark code (I would love to credit the person who wrote this, but
I've had it for quite some time and don't remember where I found it):

#! /usr/bin/ruby

require "benchmark"
include Benchmark

intMax =    10000000000 # 1B
doubleMin = 10000000000.0 # 10B
doubleMax = 11000000000.0 # 11B
longMin =   10000000000 # 10B
longMax =   11000000000 # 11B
trigMax =   10000000.0 # 10M
ioMax =     1000000 # 1M

# I used these numbers to test as the orig. ones take too long
intMax =    10000000 # 1B
doubleMin = 10000000.0 # 10B
doubleMax = 11000000.0 # 11B
longMin =   10000000  # 10B
longMax =   11000000  # 11B
trigMax =   100000.0 # 10M
ioMax =     10000 # 1M

def intArithmetic(intMax)

    i = 1
    intResult = 1
    while i < intMax
        intResult = intResult - i
        i = i + 1
        intResult = intResult + i
        i = i + 1
        intResult = intResult * i
        i = i + 1
        intResult = intResult / i
        i = i + 1
    end
    print " i:", i, "\n"
    print " intResult:", intResult, "\n"
end

def doubleArithmetic(doubleMin, doubleMax)

    i = doubleMin
    doubleResult = doubleMin
    while i < doubleMax
        doubleResult = doubleResult - i
        i = i + 1.0
        doubleResult = doubleResult + i
        i = i + 1.0
        doubleResult = doubleResult * i
        i = i + 1.0
        doubleResult = doubleResult / i
        i = i + 1.0
    end
    print " i:", i, "\n"
    print " doubleResult:", doubleResult, "\n"
end

def longArithmetic(longMin, longMax)

    i = longMin
    longResult = longMin
    while i < longMax
        longResult = longResult - i
        i = i + 1
        longResult = longResult + i
        i = i + 1
        longResult = longResult * i
        i = i + 1
        longResult = longResult / i
        i = i + 1
    end
    print " i:", i, "\n"
    print " Result:", longResult, "\n"
end

def trig(trigMax)
    i = 1.0
    sine = 0.0
    cosine = 0.0
    tangent = 0.0
    logarithm = 0.0
    squareRoot = 0.0

    while i < trigMax
        sine = Math.sin(i)
        cosine = Math.cos(i)
        tangent = Math.tan(i)
        logarithm = Math.log10(i)
        squareRoot = Math.sqrt(i)
        i = i + 1.0
    end
    print " i:", i, "\n"
    print " sine:", sine, "\n"
    print " cosine:", cosine, "\n"
    print " tangent:", tangent, "\n"
    print " logarithm:", logarithm, "\n"
    print " squareRoot:", squareRoot, "\n"
end

def io(ioMax)
  fileName = "TestRuby.txt"
  myString =
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefgh\n"

  linesToWrite = [myString]
  for i in 2..ioMax
    linesToWrite.push( myString )
  end

  file = File.open(fileName, 'w')
  file.puts(linesToWrite)
  file.close()

  file = File.open(fileName, 'r')
  readLines = file.readlines()
  file.close()
  print "write=",linesToWrite.length()
  print " read=",readLines.length()
end

# Main program begins here

puts "Start Ruby benchmark"

t = 0
benchmark("       " + CAPTION, 7, FMTSTR) do |x|
  t  = x.report("intArithmetic")    {  intArithmetic(intMax) }
  t += x.report("doubleArithmetic") {  doubleArithmetic(doubleMin,
doubleMax) }
  t += x.report("longArithmetic")   { longArithmetic(longMin, longMax)
}
  t += x.report("trig")             { trig(trigMax) }
  t += x.report("io")               { ioTime = io(ioMax) }
end

print "Total Ruby benchmark time:", t, "\n"
puts "End Ruby benchmark"


On my computer, Cygwin's Ruby was almost twice as fast.



On 10/24/06, Robert Oliver <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> I've found this true before.  The Cygwin version simply performs better by
> a
> significant margin than the one-click.
>
> I will run some benchmarks again and post as well, as I don't have the old
> figures handy.
>
>
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