Re: [MacPerl] MacPERL Performace vs. Intel Class systems

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

Good Work Matthias...

I just re-ran my performance test using 5.1.4r4 and we get a nice
performance improvement with the new version.

                     5.1.3r2        5.1.4r4
Quadra 800:       80 Seconds     43 Seconds

Thanks.

Note to all readers of this message... This topic was BEAT TO DEATH back in June.  Unless you have a solution to the performance discrepencies noted herein, further _public_ discussion is probably unwelcome.  I, however, welcome any responses directly to me.


On 6/3/97, Tim Rand <mailto:tim@datapage.com> wrote:

 >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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