Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-13 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Lie Ryan wrote: cut But ruby don't bite... cut Neither does a python, it is a constrictor, meaning it has a firm grip on the modules imported :-) -- mph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Sam Ettessoc
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

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-03-12, Sam Ettessoc sami...@gmail.com wrote: Dear sir, [Rather odd benchmark troll elided.] Sam Ettessoc p.s. I have no affiliation with ruby or python devloppement team. A fact for which I'm sure both communities are grateful. -- Grant Edwards grante

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread 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

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Chris Rebert
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Sam Ettessoc sami...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 13:25 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Sam Ettessoc sami...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Philip Semanchuk
On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say 'ruby' than to say 'python'!!! But python scores 55% more points than ruby in Scrabble, so that's understandable. It also explains why both languages are much better

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Aahz
In article tnkdnwbnsloy8stunz2dnuvz_j2wn...@posted.visi, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid wrote: On 2009-03-12, Sam Ettessoc sami...@gmail.com wrote: Dear sir, [Rather odd benchmark troll elided.] Looks more like humor than a troll... -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) *

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Paul Rubin
Daniel Fetchinson fetchin...@googlemail.com writes: Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say 'ruby' than to say 'python'!!! That is not a fair comparison. Python has two more letters than Ruby, so you are accomplishing more when you say it. --

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2009-03-12, Aahz a...@pythoncraft.com wrote: In article tnkdnwbnsloy8stunz2dnuvz_j2wn...@posted.visi, Grant Edwards inva...@invalid wrote: On 2009-03-12, Sam Ettessoc sami...@gmail.com wrote: Dear sir, [Rather odd benchmark troll elided.] Looks more like humor than a troll... Upon

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread John Machin
On Mar 13, 7:58 am, Paul Rubin http://phr...@nospam.invalid wrote: Daniel Fetchinson fetchin...@googlemail.com writes: Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say 'ruby' than to say 'python'!!! That is not a fair comparison.  Python has two more letters than Ruby, so

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Martin P. Hellwig
Philip Semanchuk wrote: On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say 'ruby' than to say 'python'!!! But python scores 55% more points than ruby in Scrabble, so that's understandable. It also explains why both

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Hyunchul Kim
In the system that I tested, results were different. * System was CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 9950 Quad-Core Processor, Frequency 2600MHz, L2 cache 512KB Memory 3164MB OS: Ubuntu 8.10 When I tried this benchmark for the first time, i...@pc:~$ time python bench.py real0m0.010s user

Re: unbiased benchmark

2009-03-12 Thread Lie Ryan
Martin P. Hellwig wrote: Philip Semanchuk wrote: On Mar 12, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Daniel Fetchinson wrote: Even more amazingly, it takes approximately 30% less time to say 'ruby' than to say 'python'!!! But python scores 55% more points than ruby in Scrabble, so that's understandable. It