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

10000000.times { print "stuff1"," ","stuff2","\n" }

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--------------------------------------------------- Python - range
#!/usr/bin/python

for i in range(1,10000000):
 print "stuff1","stuff2"

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-------------------------------------------------- Python - xrange
#!/usr/bin/python

for i in xrange(1,10000000):
 print "stuff1","stuff2"

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------------------------------------------------------------ PHP 5
#!/usr/bin/php5 -q
<?php 
for ( $i=0; $i<10000000; $i++ )
{
 echo "stuff1"." "."stuff2"."\n";
}
?>
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-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - write
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff1";
 char *s2="stuff2";
 int l1=strlen(s1);
 int l2=strlen(s2);
 
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  write(1,s1,l1);
  write(1," ",1);
  write(1,s2,l2);
  write(1,"\n",1);
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.036s
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user	0m7.984s
sys	0m19.985s

---------------------------------------------- C - g++ - std::cout
#include <iostream>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main()
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) {
 std::cout << "stuff1" << " " << "stuff2" << std::endl;
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.132s
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user	0m11.369s
sys	0m3.908s

------------------------------------------------------------- Perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

my $i=0;
for ($i=0;$i<10000000;$i++)
{
 print ("stuff1"," ","stuff2","\n");
}
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user	0m14.577s
sys	0m0.088s

------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - printf
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  printf("%s %s\n","stuff2","stuff2");
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.008s
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user	0m5.564s
sys	0m0.064s

------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - fwrite
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff1";
 char *s2="stuff2";
 int l1=strlen(s1);
 int l2=strlen(s2);
 
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  fwrite(s1,l1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(" ",1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(s2,l2,1,stdout);
  fwrite("\n",1,1,stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.004s
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user	0m4.004s
sys	0m0.036s

----------------------------------------------- C<<1 - tcc - print
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 repeat(10000000)
  print("stuff1","stuff2");
}
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-------------------------------------------------- C - tcc - fputs
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) {
  fputs("stuff1",stdout);
  fputs(" ",stdout);
  fputs("stuff2",stdout);
  fputs("\n",stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.008s
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user	0m4.608s
sys	0m0.068s

------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - printf
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  printf("%s %s\n","stuff2","stuff2");
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.028s
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user	0m5.368s
sys	0m0.028s

------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fwrite
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 char *s1="stuff1";
 char *s2="stuff2";
 int l1=strlen(s1);
 int l2=strlen(s2);
 
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) 
 {
  fwrite(s1,l1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(" ",1,1,stdout);
  fwrite(s2,l2,1,stdout);
  fwrite("\n",1,1,stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.024s
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user	0m3.960s
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----------------------------------------------- C<<1 - gcc - print
#include "cll1.h"

program
{
 repeat(10000000)
  print("stuff1","stuff2");
}
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sys	0m0.056s
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user	0m4.896s
sys	0m0.052s

-------------------------------------------------- C - gcc - fputs
#include <stdio.h>

#define RUNS 10000000UL
int main (void)
{
 unsigned long i;
 for (i=0;i<RUNS;i++) {
  fputs("stuff1",stdout);
  fputs(" ",stdout);
  fputs("stuff2",stdout);
  fputs("\n",stdout);
 }
 return 0;
}
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sys	0m0.040s
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user	0m2.784s
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