unbiased benchmark

[Daniel Fetchinson]

> Dear sir,
>
> I would like to share a benchmark I did. The computer used was a
> 2160MHz Intel Core Duo w/ 2000MB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM running MAC OS
> 10.5.6 and a lots of software running (a typical developer
> workstation).
>
> Python benchmark:
> HAMBURGUESA:benchmark sam$ echo 1+1 > bench.py
> HAMBURGUESA:benchmark sam$ time python bench.py
> real	0m0.064s
> user	0m0.049s
> sys	0m0.013s
>
> Ruby benchmark:
> HAMBURGUESA:benchmark sam$ echo 1+1 > bench.rb
> HAMBURGUESA:benchmark sam$ time ruby bench.rb
> real	0m0.006s
> user	0m0.003s
> sys	0m0.003s
>
> Can you believe it? Ruby is 10 times faster than Python.
>
> On a side note, when I subscribed to the Python mailing list, it took
> less than 200ms before I got the confirmation email. For the Ruby
> mailing list, it took over 9000ms! Which is 4500% less performant!
>
> Sam Ettessoc
> p.s. I have no affiliation with ruby or python devloppement team.

Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say
'ruby' than to say 'python'!!!


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