------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby
#!/usr/bin/ruby

10000000.times { print "stuff1"," ","stuff2","\n" }

Running...
real	0m24.569s
user	0m23.113s
sys	0m1.420s

--------------------------------------------------- Python - range
#!/usr/bin/python

for i in range(1,10000000):
 print "stuff1","stuff2"

Running...
real	0m13.571s
user	0m13.369s
sys	0m0.200s

-------------------------------------------------- Python - xrange
#!/usr/bin/python

for i in xrange(1,10000000):
 print "stuff1","stuff2"

Running...
real	0m13.118s
user	0m13.105s
sys	0m0.012s

------------------------------------------------------------ PHP 5
#!/usr/bin/php5 -q
<?php 
for ( $i=0; $i<10000000; $i++ )
{
 echo "stuff1"." "."stuff2"."\n";
}
?>
Running..../test-performance2.sh: line 24: -f: command not found

real	0m0.001s
user	0m0.000s
sys	0m0.000s

-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - write
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff1";
 char *s2="stuff2";
 int l1=strlen(s1);
 int l2=strlen(s2);
 
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  write(1,s1,l1);
  write(1," ",1);
  write(1,s2,l2);
  write(1,"\n",1);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.063s
user	0m0.044s
sys	0m0.016s
Running...
real	0m11.514s
user	0m3.572s
sys	0m7.928s

---------------------------------------------- C - g++ - std::cout
#include <iostream>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main()
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) {
 std::cout << "stuff1" << " " << "stuff2" << std::endl;
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.367s
user	0m0.336s
sys	0m0.024s
Running...
real	0m8.012s
user	0m6.092s
sys	0m1.812s

------------------------------------------------------------- Perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $i=0;
for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++)
{
 print ("stuff1"," ","stuff2","\n");
}
Running..../test-performance2.sh: line 46: -f: command not found

real	0m0.001s
user	0m0.000s
sys	0m0.004s

------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - printf
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  printf("%s %s\n","stuff2","stuff2");
 }
 return 0;
}
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real	0m0.098s
user	0m0.080s
sys	0m0.016s
Running...
real	0m2.818s
user	0m2.820s
sys	0m0.000s

------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fwrite
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff1";
 char *s2="stuff2";
 int l1=strlen(s1);
 int l2=strlen(s2);
 
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  fwrite(s1,l1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(" ",1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(s2,l2,1,stdout);
  fwrite("\n",1,1,stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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real	0m0.070s
user	0m0.052s
sys	0m0.016s
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real	0m2.665s
user	0m2.624s
sys	0m0.012s

----------------------------------------------- C<<1 - gcc - print
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 repeat(10000000)
  print("stuff1","stuff2");
}
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real	0m0.121s
user	0m0.100s
sys	0m0.016s
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real	0m2.510s
user	0m2.508s
sys	0m0.004s

-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fputs
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) {
  fputs("stuff1",stdout);
  fputs(" ",stdout);
  fputs("stuff2",stdout);
  fputs("\n",stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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real	0m0.060s
user	0m0.052s
sys	0m0.008s
Running...
real	0m1.567s
user	0m1.560s
sys	0m0.008s