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NAME

Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters - Benchmark startup time of various interpreters

VERSION

This document describes version 0.03 of Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters (from Perl distribution Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters), released on 2016-06-26.

SYNOPSIS

To run benchmark with default option:

 % bencher -m Interpreters

For more options (dump scenario, list/include/exclude/add participants, list/include/exclude/add datasets, etc), see bencher or run bencher --help.

BENCHMARK PARTICIPANTS

  • perl (command)

    Command line:

     perl -e1
  • bash (command)

    Command line:

     bash --norc -c true
  • ruby (command)

    Command line:

     ruby -e1
  • python (command)

    Command line:

     python -c1
  • nodejs (command)

    Command line:

     nodejs -e 1

SAMPLE BENCHMARK RESULTS

Run on: perl: v5.22.2, CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 cores), OS: GNU/Linux Debian version 8.0, OS kernel: Linux version 3.16.0-4-amd64.

Benchmark with default options (bencher -m Interpreters):

 +-------------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------+
 | participant | rate (/s) | time (ms) | vs_slowest |  errors | samples |
 +-------------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------+
 | nodejs      |        50 |      20   |        1   | 6.1e-05 |      20 |
 | ruby        |       110 |       9.1 |        2.2 | 6.3e-05 |      20 |
 | python      |       110 |       8.8 |        2.3 | 3.2e-05 |      20 |
 | perl        |       390 |       2.5 |        7.9 | 6.7e-06 |      20 |
 | bash        |       400 |       2.5 |        8   | 1.7e-05 |      20 |
 +-------------+-----------+-----------+------------+---------+---------+

DESCRIPTION

Packaging a benchmark script as a Bencher scenario makes it convenient to include/exclude/add participants/datasets (either via CLI or Perl code), send the result to a central repository, among others . See Bencher and bencher (CLI) for more details.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.