#!/usr/bin/ruby 10000000.times { print "stuff","\n" } Running...0:16.51 total, 14.79 user, 1.51 sys, 0 KB average size #!/usr/bin/python for i in range(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running...0:09.04 total, 8.58 user, 0.20 sys, 0 KB average size #!/usr/bin/python for i in xrange(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running...0:08.22 total, 8.15 user, 0.00 sys, 0 KB average size #!/usr/bin/php5 -q Running...0:07.13 total, 5.00 user, 2.10 sys, 0 KB average size #!/usr/bin/perl my $i=0; for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++) { print ("stuff"); } Running...0:02.52 total, 2.50 user, 0.00 sys, 0 KB average size #include #define RUNS 10000000UL int main() { unsigned long i; for (i=0;i #define RUNS 10000000UL int main (void) { unsigned long i; for (i=0;i #define RUNS 10000000UL int main (void) { unsigned long i; for (i=0;i #define RUNS 10000000UL int main (void) { unsigned long i; for (i=0;i