[MacPerl] MacPERL Performace vs. Intel Class systems

[Tim Rand <tim@stlouis.datapage.com>]

I have noticed that MacPERL runs SIGNIFICANTLY slower than on Wintel and
REALLY want to see if this can't be fixed.

Rather than provide some very obscure benchmark program, here is a simple
little test program that I have used to benchmark various platforms:

########### PERLTEST.PL ###############
open(OUTFILE, ">ptest.dat") || die "Can't open ptest.dat";
print STDERR "Starting\n";
$starttime = time;
        for ($i = 1; $i <= 100000; $i++) {
                print OUTFILE "$i\n";
        }
$stoptime = time;
print STDERR ($stoptime - $starttime), " Seconds elapsed time\n";
#######################################

This file will create a new file (ptest.dat) of about 600K containing the
numbers from 1 to 100000.

Here are some benchmarks I have run:

Machine      Elapsed     Comment
Pentium      12 Sec      Linux
SPARC IPC    68 seconds  (with other processes running)
SPARC 2      37 seconds  (with other processes running)
SPARC Ultra   3 seconds  140 Mhz UltraSPARC

Pentium 60   19 seconds  DOS 6.2
Pentium 90   15 seconds  DOS 6.2
386/25      287 seconds  DOS 6.2 <grin>
486/66       22 seconds  Win 95
Pent Pro/200  6 seconds  Win 95

Mac IIci    180 seconds  68030 @ 16 Mhz
Quadra 800   80 Seconds  68040 @ 33 Mhz
Mac 8500/150 18 Seconds  (MacPERL installed for PowerPC)

I cannot understand why the 8500 isn't much faster than a Pentium/60 and
why a Quadra 800 isn't closer to the same speed as a 486/66.



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