#!/usr/bin/ruby 10000000.times { print "stuff","\n" } Running... 14.40user 1.62system 0:16.46elapsed 97%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+456minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/python for i in range(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running... 8.24user 0.16system 0:08.40elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+39997minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/python for i in xrange(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running... 7.94user 0.00system 0:08.09elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+701minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/php5 -q Running... 4.80user 2.08system 0:07.08elapsed 97%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+1282minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/perl my $i=0; for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++) { print ("stuff"); } Running... 2.46user 0.00system 0:02.47elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+424minor)pagefaults 0swaps #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