[MacPerl] Wow: G3/MacPerl performance

[Philippe Wiede <email@virtuoso-net.com>]

>########### 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)

 
 **PM G3/233 	1 Second  (MacPerl 5.1.4r4, MacOS8, 96Mb)**

As an addendum to previous performance postings I couldn't resist to
share the results of the new G3/MacPerl Duo with you: it's blinding fast
:)

Happy New Year to all,

Philippe Wiede
mailto:pwiede@virtuoso-net.com
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