Method Calls

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N is the number of method calls.

Measurement of CPU as N varies   N Test Source 100000 400000 700000 1000000 gnat 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 vc++ 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 mingw32 0.02 0.03 0.06 0.07 vc 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.07 lcc 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.08 fpascal 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.09 gcc 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.09 smlnj 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 delphi 0.02 0.05 0.08 0.10 bcc 0.01 0.05 0.08 0.11 se 0.02 0.05 0.08 0.12 csharp 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.14 ocaml 0.02 0.06 0.10 0.14 mercury 0.05 0.11 0.18 0.24 vpascal 0.03 0.10 0.18 0.26 pliant 0.22 0.30 0.39 0.47 java 0.48 0.50 0.53 0.55 nice 0.54 0.58 0.62 0.66 oz 0.39 1.10 1.80 2.52 ocamlb 0.28 1.04 1.82 2.59 lua5 0.55 2.17 3.80 5.43 pike 0.68 2.49 4.30 6.11 poplisp 0.84 3.05 5.28 7.50 ruby 1.35 5.14 8.92 12.73 lua 1.31 5.23 9.14 13.05 ici 1.41 5.59 9.71 13.90 python 1.64 6.00 10.34 14.70 guile 2.24 8.02 13.76 19.55 cygperl 2.03 8.06 14.07 20.10 perl 2.62 10.39 18.18 25.65 jscript 3.46 13.41 23.33 33.30 vbscript 8.77 34.57 60.34 86.15 bigforth F F F F gforth F F F F

Measurement of Memory as N varies   N Test Source 100000 400000 700000 1000000 gnat 740 740 740 740 vc++ 492 492 492 492 mingw32 516 516 516 516 vc 464 464 464 464 lcc 504 504 504 504 fpascal 520 520 520 520 gcc 1492 1492 1492 1492 smlnj 936 936 936 936 delphi 884 884 884 884 bcc 560 560 560 560 se 560 560 560 560 csharp 3248 3248 3248 3248 ocaml 704 704 704 704 mercury 1788 1788 1788 1788 vpascal 564 564 564 564 pliant 3216 3216 3216 3216 java 4600 4600 4600 4600 nice 4936 4936 4936 4936 oz 648 648 648 648 ocamlb 380 380 380 380 lua5 612 612 612 612 pike 3404 3404 3404 3404 poplisp 4484 4484 4484 4484 ruby 1860 1860 1860 1860 lua 588 588 588 588 ici 1120 1120 1120 1120 python 2372 2372 2372 2372 guile 2708 2708 2708 2708 cygperl 2348 2348 2348 2348 perl 1464 1464 1464 1464 jscript 2228 2228 2228 2228 vbscript 2308 2308 2308 2308 bigforth F F F F gforth 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 vc++ 0.01 492 51 log bcc 0.01 560 72 log vc 0.01 464 72 log gnat 0.01 740 0 log lcc 0.01 504 72 log ocaml 0.02 704 33 log se 0.02 560 32 log fpascal 0.02 520 79 log delphi 0.02 884 65 log mingw32 0.02 516 72 log vpascal 0.03 564 79 log gcc 0.04 1492 72 log smlnj 0.04 936 75 log mercury 0.05 1788 54 log csharp 0.11 3248 49 log pliant 0.22 3216 65 log ocamlb 0.28 380 33 log oz 0.39 648 52 log java 0.48 4600 50 log nice 0.54 4936 0 log lua5 0.55 612 51 log pike 0.68 3404 45 log poplisp 0.84 4484 34 log lua 1.31 588 54 log ruby 1.35 1860 45 log ici 1.41 1120 45 log python 1.64 2372 41 log cygperl 2.03 2348 48 log guile 2.24 2708 29 log perl 2.62 1464 48 log jscript 3.46 2228 47 log vbscript 8.77 2308 65 log gforth F F 46 log bigforth F F 36 log