Hash (Associative Array) Access

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N is the number hash (associative array) elements accessed.

Measurement of CPU as N varies   N Test Source 20000 40000 60000 80000 bcc 0.13 0.26 0.38 0.52 ocaml 0.13 0.28 0.42 0.55 delphi 0.15 0.28 0.41 0.58 csharp 0.21 0.36 0.46 0.60 vc 0.14 0.31 0.45 0.62 gcc 0.18 0.35 0.50 0.67 lcc 0.17 0.36 0.53 0.73 mingw32 0.17 0.37 0.54 0.74 awka 0.24 0.45 0.64 0.86 pike 0.30 0.55 0.84 1.05 se 0.20 0.48 0.80 1.06 cygperl 0.29 0.56 0.79 1.11 python 0.44 0.69 0.94 1.20 vpascal 0.36 0.58 0.86 1.22 ocamlb 0.31 0.63 0.96 1.27 mawk 0.29 0.64 0.89 1.32 gawk 0.35 0.69 1.04 1.38 erlang 0.71 0.95 1.22 1.50 perl 0.40 0.78 1.13 1.55 php 0.47 0.89 1.32 1.78 mercury 0.50 0.89 1.35 1.85 lua 0.51 1.03 1.48 2.09 lua5 0.57 1.14 1.61 2.31 parrot 0.53 1.16 1.83 2.32 tcl 0.61 1.20 1.81 2.40 guile 0.58 1.07 1.39 2.46 java 0.87 1.29 1.82 2.57 nice 0.95 1.38 1.91 2.66 slang 0.51 1.09 1.79 2.75 ruby 0.81 1.55 2.89 3.17 ghc 0.77 1.63 2.57 3.46 oz 0.93 1.76 2.53 3.47 pliant 0.90 1.82 2.68 3.93 icon 0.69 1.42 2.74 4.13 gforth 0.97 2.12 3.27 4.75 ici 0.59 1.93 4.13 7.45 vbscript 1.77 3.98 6.99 10.71 jscript 1.86 5.81 11.90 20.21 rexx 1.54 5.44 13.41 23.47 poplisp T T T T vc++ F F F F fpascal F F F F elastic T T T T smlnj F F F F rebol F F F F

Measurement of Memory as N varies   N Test Source 20000 40000 60000 80000 bcc 1292 2012 2836 3464 ocaml 1476 2140 2788 3480 delphi 1760 2664 3368 4456 csharp 5676 7856 9456 12996 vc 1492 2540 3708 4652 gcc 2228 2864 3680 4304 lcc 1372 2252 3232 4016 mingw32 1524 2568 3696 4640 awka 3860 6124 8224 10408 pike 5192 7020 7260 10656 se 2872 5104 6500 9604 cygperl 5036 7696 10100 13024 python 3636 5676 6564 7440 vpascal 31784 37144 42500 47868 ocamlb 380 380 380 380 mawk 2728 3860 5008 6128 gawk 3656 5256 6892 8456 erlang 6836 8616 10360 12284 perl 4968 8472 11736 15500 php 4996 7160 9196 11580 mercury 5368 5588 5804 6020 lua 3412 6200 8900 11912 lua5 3556 6516 8020 12512 parrot 6372 10800 18452 19708 tcl 3576 5616 7844 9880 guile 3936 6140 6608 7380 java 7068 8924 11236 13964 nice 7292 9144 11460 14128 slang 3232 4636 6048 7460 ruby 3452 5744 6316 10064 ghc 3604 5708 9932 9932 oz 648 648 648 648 pliant 3968 5028 5964 7052 icon 1524 2648 3508 4624 gforth 2104 2740 3364 3992 ici 3448 5820 9012 10748 vbscript 3976 5544 7116 8680 jscript 4084 6332 8140 9932 rexx 2720 4460 6036 7752 poplisp T T T T vc++ F F F F fpascal F F F F elastic T T T T smlnj F F F F rebol F F F F

The following graph is similar to the graph on the index page, but here, N is much smaller, and startup costs may be more prominent.

[Note: Values have been normalized to fall in the range of 0-10 for aesthetic reasons. Original value ranges are included on the X-axis.

Source Code CPU (sec) Mem (KB) Lines Code Log bcc 0.13 1292 20 log ocaml 0.13 1476 24 log vc 0.14 1492 19 log delphi 0.15 1760 42 log mingw32 0.17 1524 20 log lcc 0.17 1372 19 log gcc 0.18 2228 20 log se 0.20 2872 36 log csharp 0.21 5676 19 log awka 0.24 3860 9 log cygperl 0.29 5036 11 log mawk 0.29 2728 9 log pike 0.30 5192 14 log ocamlb 0.31 380 24 log gawk 0.35 3656 9 log vpascal 0.36 31784 104 log perl 0.40 4968 11 log python 0.44 3636 13 log php 0.47 4996 10 log mercury 0.50 5368 22 log slang 0.51 3232 19 log lua 0.51 3412 10 log parrot 0.53 6372 57 log lua5 0.57 3556 10 log guile 0.58 3936 14 log ici 0.59 3448 8 log tcl 0.61 3576 15 log icon 0.69 1524 28 log erlang 0.71 6836 31 log ghc 0.77 3604 18 log ruby 0.81 3452 12 log java 0.87 7068 18 log pliant 0.90 3968 15 log oz 0.93 648 41 log nice 0.95 7292 0 log gforth 0.97 2104 17 log rexx 1.54 2720 15 log vbscript 1.77 3976 11 log jscript 1.86 4084 17 log elastic T T 23 log smlnj F F 34 log poplisp T T 25 log rebol F F 30 log vc++ F F 26 log fpascal F F 104 log