AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1259.392 Mhz 2520.58 bogomips
------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby
#!/usr/bin/ruby

10000000.times { print "stuff","\n" }

Running...
real	0m31.160s
user	0m29.546s
sys	0m1.548s
--------------------------------------------------- Python - range
#!/usr/bin/python

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

Running...
real	0m18.386s
user	0m17.757s
sys	0m0.308s
-------------------------------------------------- Python - xrange
#!/usr/bin/python

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

Running...
real	0m18.832s
user	0m18.805s
sys	0m0.024s
------------------------------------------------------------ PHP 5
#!/usr/bin/php5 -q
<?php
for ( $i=0; $i<10000000; $i++ )
{
 echo "stuff1\n";
}
?>
Running...
real	0m10.832s
user	0m7.696s
sys	0m2.544s
-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - write
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff\n";
 int l1=strlen(s1);

 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++)
 {
  write(1,s1,l1);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.911s
user	0m0.148s
sys	0m0.036s
Running...
real	0m5.809s
user	0m2.164s
sys	0m3.648s
------------------------------------------------------------- Perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $i=0;
for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++)
{
 print ("stuff\n");
}

Running...
real	0m7.095s
user	0m6.836s
sys	0m0.004s
----------------------------------------------- C<<1 - gcc - print
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 repeat(10000000)
  print("stuff");
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.521s
user	0m0.304s
sys	0m0.068s
Running...
real	0m2.108s
user	0m2.104s
sys	0m0.004s
---------------------------------------------- C - g++ - std::cout
#include <iostream>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main()
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  std::cout << "stuff\n";
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m1.917s
user	0m0.896s
sys	0m0.084s
Running...
real	0m1.694s
user	0m1.680s
sys	0m0.016s
----------------------------------------------- C<<1 - tcc - print
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 repeat(10000000)
  print("stuff");
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.125s
user	0m0.016s
sys	0m0.008s
Running...
real	0m2.884s
user	0m2.884s
sys	0m0.000s
------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - printf
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  printf("stuff\n");
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.011s
user	0m0.004s
sys	0m0.004s
Running...
real	0m1.734s
user	0m1.732s
sys	0m0.004s
------------------------------------------------ C<<1 - tcc - echo
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 unsigned long i;
 for_range(i,1,10000000)
  echo("stuff\n");
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.021s
user	0m0.016s
sys	0m0.004s
Running...
real	0m1.365s
user	0m1.360s
sys	0m0.004s
--------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - puts
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  puts("stuff"); 
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.016s
user	0m0.012s
sys	0m0.000s
Running...
real	0m1.115s
user	0m1.108s
sys	0m0.008s
------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - fwrite
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff\n";
 int l1=strlen(s1);

 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++)
 {
  fwrite(s1,l1,1,stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.029s
user	0m0.004s
sys	0m0.008s
Running...
real	0m1.025s
user	0m1.020s
sys	0m0.004s
-------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - fputs
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  fputs("stuff\n",stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.012s
user	0m0.004s
sys	0m0.008s
Running...
real	0m1.104s
user	0m1.092s
sys	0m0.012s
------------------------------------------------ C<<1 - gcc - echo
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 unsigned long i;
 for_range(i,1,10000000)
  echo("stuff\n");
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.362s
user	0m0.320s
sys	0m0.040s
Running...
real	0m1.230s
user	0m1.228s
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("stuff\n");
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.184s
user	0m0.148s
sys	0m0.036s
Running...
real	0m1.072s
user	0m1.060s
sys	0m0.012s
--------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - puts
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  puts("stuff"); 
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.182s
user	0m0.152s
sys	0m0.032s
Running...
real	0m1.075s
user	0m1.072s
sys	0m0.000s
------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fwrite
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff\n";
 int l1=strlen(s1);

 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++)
 {
  fwrite(s1,l1,1,stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.197s
user	0m0.164s
sys	0m0.032s
Running...
real	0m0.968s
user	0m0.956s
sys	0m0.012s
-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fputs
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  fputs("stuff\n",stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
Compiling...
real	0m0.183s
user	0m0.156s
sys	0m0.028s
Running...
real	0m0.970s
user	0m0.964s
sys	0m0.008s