Re: newbie curious of general relative performance

Steve Dekorte <[email protected]> Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:17:16 -0800
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For fast math, using the Vector object (instead of Number objects) is the w=
ay to go.=20

On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:26 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> I'm playing around with Io and liking it. I'd like to understand its=20
> performance characteristics. With a dumb integer arithmetic benchmark I=20
> get Io as ten times slower than perl. Is this a more generally accurate=20
> picture or not?
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> =3D=3D=3D fib.io =3D=3D=3D
> fib :=3D method(n,
>     if (n =3D=3D 0, return 1)
>     if (n < 0, return -1)
>     a :=3D 1; b :=3D 1
>     n repeat (
>         c :=3D a + b
>         a :=3D b; b :=3D c
>     )
>     return a
> )
>=20
> 100000 repeat( fib(40) )
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D fib.pl =3D=3D=3D
> sub fib {
>     my $n =3D shift;
>     return 1 if $n =3D=3D 0;
>     return -1 if $n < 0;
>     my ($a, $b) =3D (1, 1);
>     for (1..$n) {
>         my $c =3D $a + $b;
>         $a =3D $b; $b =3D $c;
>     }
>     return $a;
> }
>=20
> fib(40) for 1..100000;
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>=20
>=20
> $ time perl fib.pl && time io fib.io
>=20
> real    0m0.904s
> user    0m0.890s
> sys     0m0.007s
>=20
> real    0m9.454s
> user    0m9.403s
> sys     0m0.003s
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      <p>For fast math, using the Vector object (instead of Number objects) is the way to go. <br>
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On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:26 AM, <a href="mailto:joe%40akalabs.net">[email protected]</a> wrote:<br>
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&gt; I'm playing around with Io and liking it. I'd like to understand its <br>
&gt; performance characteristics. With a dumb integer arithmetic benchmark I <br>
&gt; get Io as ten times slower than perl. Is this a more generally accurate <br>
&gt; picture or not?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; === fib.io ===<br>
&gt; fib := method(n,<br>
&gt;     if (n == 0, return 1)<br>
&gt;     if (n &lt; 0, return -1)<br>
&gt;     a := 1; b := 1<br>
&gt;     n repeat (<br>
&gt;         c := a + b<br>
&gt;         a := b; b := c<br>
&gt;     )<br>
&gt;     return a<br>
&gt; )<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; 100000 repeat( fib(40) )<br>
&gt; ========<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; === fib.pl ===<br>
&gt; sub fib {<br>
&gt;     my $n = shift;<br>
&gt;     return 1 if $n == 0;<br>
&gt;     return -1 if $n &lt; 0;<br>
&gt;     my ($a, $b) = (1, 1);<br>
&gt;     for (1..$n) {<br>
&gt;         my $c = $a + $b;<br>
&gt;         $a = $b; $b = $c;<br>
&gt;     }<br>
&gt;     return $a;<br>
&gt; }<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; fib(40) for 1..100000;<br>
&gt; ========<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; $ time perl fib.pl &amp;&amp; time io fib.io<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; real    0m0.904s<br>
&gt; user    0m0.890s<br>
&gt; sys     0m0.007s<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; real    0m9.454s<br>
&gt; user    0m9.403s<br>
&gt; sys     0m0.003s<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
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