NAME

Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters::Startup - Benchmark startup time of various interpreters

VERSION

This document describes version 0.041 of Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters::Startup (from Perl distribution Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters-Startup), released on 2023-12-07.

SYNOPSIS

To run benchmark with default option:

% bencher -m Interpreters::Startup

For more options (dump scenario, list/include/exclude/add participants, list/include/exclude/add datasets, etc), see bencher or run bencher --help.

DESCRIPTION

Packaging a benchmark script as a Bencher scenario makes it convenient to include/exclude/add participants/datasets (either via CLI or Perl code), send the result to a central repository, among others . See Bencher and bencher (CLI) for more details.

BENCHMARK PARTICIPANTS

perl -e (command)

perl (version 5.38.2).

Command line:
```
perl -e1
```
perl -E (command)

perl (version 5.38.2).

Command line:
```
perl -E1
```
python3 (command)

python3 (version 3.8.10).

Command line:
```
python3 -c1
```
python3 -S (command)

python3 (version 3.8.10).

Command line:
```
python3 -S -c1
```
python3 -S+exit (command)

python3 (version 3.8.10).

Command line:
```
python3 -S -c from os import _exit; _exit(0)
```
python2 (command)

python2 (version 2.7.18).

Command line:
```
python2 -c1
```
python2 -S (command)

python2 (version 2.7.18).

Command line:
```
python2 -S -c1
```
python2 -S+exit (command)

python2 (version 2.7.18).

Command line:
```
python2 -S -c from os import _exit; _exit(0)
```
bash (command)

bash (version 5.0.17(1)-release).

Command line:
```
bash --norc -c true
```
ruby (command)

ruby (version 2.7.0p0).

Command line:
```
ruby -e1
```
nodejs (command)

nodejs (version 10.19.0).

Command line:
```
nodejs -e 1
```
rakudo (command)

rakudo (version 2023.11).

Command line:
```
rakudo -e;
```

BENCHMARK SAMPLE RESULTS

Sample benchmark #1

Run on: perl: v5.38.2, CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7200U CPU @ 2.50GHz (2 cores), OS: GNU/Linux Ubuntu version 20.04, OS kernel: Linux version 5.4.0-164-generic.

Benchmark command (default options):

% bencher -m Interpreters::Startup

Result formatted as table:

#table1#
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+
| participant     | rate (/s) | time (ms) | pct_faster_vs_slowest | pct_slower_vs_fastest |  errors   | samples |
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+
| nodejs          |       2.3 |    430    |                 0.00% |              7178.18% |   0.0013  |      20 |
| rakudo          |       5.7 |    170    |               146.83% |              2848.72% |   0.00064 |      20 |
| ruby            |      17   |     57    |               648.52% |               872.34% | 6.1e-05   |      20 |
| python3         |      42.9 |     23.3  |              1747.35% |               293.98% | 1.9e-05   |      20 |
| python3 -S+exit |      64   |     16    |              2666.32% |               163.10% | 7.9e-05   |      31 |
| python2         |      75.1 |     13.3  |              3129.31% |               125.38% | 9.2e-06   |      20 |
| python3 -S      |      78.1 |     12.8  |              3259.06% |               116.67% |   7e-06   |      20 |
| python2 -S+exit |      97.6 |     10.2  |              4098.98% |                73.33% | 5.5e-06   |      20 |
| python2 -S      |     124   |      8.06 |              5236.94% |                36.37% |   6e-06   |      20 |
| perl -E         |     140   |      7    |              6032.49% |                18.68% | 9.6e-06   |      20 |
| bash            |     160   |      6.1  |              6985.92% |                 2.71% | 4.5e-05   |      20 |
| perl -e         |     169   |      5.91 |              7178.18% |                 0.00% | 4.3e-06   |      20 |
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------+---------+

The above result formatted in Benchmark.pm style:

                    Rate  nodejs  rakudo  ruby  python3  python3 -S+exit  python2  python3 -S  python2 -S+exit  python2 -S  perl -E  bash  perl -e 
 nodejs            2.3/s      --    -60%  -86%     -94%             -96%     -96%        -97%             -97%        -98%     -98%  -98%     -98% 
 rakudo            5.7/s    152%      --  -66%     -86%             -90%     -92%        -92%             -94%        -95%     -95%  -96%     -96% 
 ruby               17/s    654%    198%    --     -59%             -71%     -76%        -77%             -82%        -85%     -87%  -89%     -89% 
 python3          42.9/s   1745%    629%  144%       --             -31%     -42%        -45%             -56%        -65%     -69%  -73%     -74% 
 python3 -S+exit    64/s   2587%    962%  256%      45%               --     -16%        -19%             -36%        -49%     -56%  -61%     -63% 
 python2          75.1/s   3133%   1178%  328%      75%              20%       --         -3%             -23%        -39%     -47%  -54%     -55% 
 python3 -S       78.1/s   3259%   1228%  345%      82%              25%       3%          --             -20%        -37%     -45%  -52%     -53% 
 python2 -S+exit  97.6/s   4115%   1566%  458%     128%              56%      30%         25%               --        -20%     -31%  -40%     -42% 
 python2 -S        124/s   5234%   2009%  607%     189%              98%      65%         58%              26%          --     -13%  -24%     -26% 
 perl -E           140/s   6042%   2328%  714%     232%             128%      90%         82%              45%         15%       --  -12%     -15% 
 bash              160/s   6949%   2686%  834%     281%             162%     118%        109%              67%         32%      14%    --      -3% 
 perl -e           169/s   7175%   2776%  864%     294%             170%     125%        116%              72%         36%      18%    3%       -- 

Legends:
  bash: participant=bash
  nodejs: participant=nodejs
  perl -E: participant=perl -E
  perl -e: participant=perl -e
  python2: participant=python2
  python2 -S: participant=python2 -S
  python2 -S+exit: participant=python2 -S+exit
  python3: participant=python3
  python3 -S: participant=python3 -S
  python3 -S+exit: participant=python3 -S+exit
  rakudo: participant=rakudo
  ruby: participant=ruby

To display as an interactive HTML table on a browser, you can add option --format html+datatables.

BENCHMARK NOTES

perl has always been strong in startup overhead; it only loses to bash in this benchmark.

nodejs has really terrible startup overhead (rakudo even beats it), which is a pity because it's utilized a lot to power CLI's.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters-Startup.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters-Startup.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

% prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Bencher-Scenario-Interpreters-Startup

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

To install Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters::Startup, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters::Startup

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Bencher::Scenario::Interpreters::Startup

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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