From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-21T09:13:29+09:00
Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run?

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:15:22AM +0900, Todd Burch wrote:
> SpringFlowers AutumnMoon wrote:
> > How fast does your Ruby run?
> > 
> > I got 53648 iterations per second running the following program,
> > on an Intel 3.2 GHz HT, Win XP machine:
> > 
> > --------
> > 
> > C:\> ruby calculate.rb
> > 55
> > 
> > Ruby 1.8.6 patch 0 on i386-mswin32
> > It took 18.64 seconds to run. 53648 iterations per second.
> > 
> 
> I just ate your lunch.  MacPro 3ghz dual duo 2gb ram.
> 
> Ruby 1.8.2 on universal-darwin8.0
> It took 6.383342 seconds to run. 156657 iterations per second.
> 
> (I had to take out RUBY_PATCHLEVEL, as that's not defined, but I suspect 
> I could have put a begin/rescue/end in around and STILL have eaten your 
> lunch.   LOLOLOLOL

FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE on a Pentium M/Centrino 1.7GHz Thinkpad R52:

> ruby calculate.rb
55

Ruby 1.8.6 patch 0 on i386-freebsd6
It took 16.125757 seconds to run. 62012 iterations per
second.

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