#!/usr/bin/ruby 10000000.times { print "stuff","\n" } Running... 14.58user 1.54system 0:16.27elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+457minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/python for i in range(1,10000000): print "stuff" Running... 8.28user 0.15system 0:08.61elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+39997minor)pagefaults 0swaps #!/usr/bin/php5 -q Running... 4.93user 2.01system 0:07.24elapsed 95%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... 2.56user 0.00system 0:02.73elapsed 93%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (0major+425minor)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