I used Jeff's scripts, well mostly. REBOL 2.1.2 Mac OSX server on a G3 333 iMac Script: "Loop speed test" (none) 0:00:04 The perl script on the iMac, OSX server 4 wallclock secs ( 4.50 usr + 0.00 sys = 4.50 CPU) REBOL 2.1.2 MacOS 8.6 G3 333 iMac The script crashed rebol so I ran this line >> start: now/time a: 9.0 b: 0.5 loop 1000 [loop 10000 [c: a ** b]] >>now/time - start == 0:01:09 Not terrific but I'm happy to have the MacOS port all the same. MacPerl on the iMac with MacOS 8.6 9 secs ( 8.92 usr 0.00 sys = 8.92 cpu) Jim *20 seconds on my 500 MHz Pentium III Gateway Performance 500 in REBOL 2.2 *Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] *----- Original Message ----- *From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 1:37 PM *Subject: [REBOL] [REBOL] How fast is REBOL? * * *> Hello All *> *> Just doing some tests of REBOL 2.2 floating point speed. On a 450 MHz P2 *> running Win98, at the console I get: *> *> >> start: now/time a: 9.0 b: 0.5 loop 1000 [loop 10000 [c: a ** b]] *> now/time - start *> == 0:00:20 *> *> The overhead for the empty loop is about 1 second. I am interested in *what *> others get with different platforms and processors, or even functionally *> identical loop in other scripting languages. On my machine, REBOL is *> slightly faster than VBScript for the floating point, but the VBScript *loop *> overhead is about 6 seconds. *> *> Cheers *> *> Larry *>
