#!/usr/bin/ruby 10000000.times { print "stuff","\n" } Running...0:16.24 total, 14.59 user, 1.63 sys, 0 outputs #!/usr/bin/python for i in range(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running...0:08.79 total, 8.57 user, 0.14 sys, 0 outputs #!/usr/bin/python for i in xrange(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running...0:08.34 total, 8.22 user, 0.01 sys, 0 outputs #!/usr/bin/php5 -q Running...0:07.05 total, 4.83 user, 2.10 sys, 0 outputs #include #define RUNS 10000000UL int main (void) { unsigned long i; char *s1="stuff\n"; int l1=strlen(s1); for (i=0;i #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