bc/manuals/benchmarks.md

Benchmarks

These are the results of benchmarks comparing this bc (at version 2.0.0) and GNU bc (at version 1.07.1).

Note: all benchmarks were run four time, and the fastest run is the one shown. Also, [bc] means whichever bc was being run, and the assumed working directory is the root directory of this repository. Also, this bc was built at -O2.

Addition

The command used was:

tests/script.sh bc add.bc 0 1 1 [bc]

For GNU bc:

Running bc script: add.bc

real 2.08
user 1.01
sys 1.06

For this bc:

Running bc script: add.bc

real 1.29
user 1.24
sys 0.04

Subtraction

The command used was:

tests/script.sh bc subtract.bc 0 1 1 [bc]

For GNU bc:

Running bc script: subtract.bc

real 2.12
user 1.12
sys 1.00

For this bc:

Running bc script: subtract.bc

real 1.33
user 1.31
sys 0.02

Multiplication

The command used was:

tests/script.sh bc multiply.bc 0 1 1 [bc]

For GNU bc:

Running bc script: multiply.bc

real 5.74
user 3.95
sys 1.79

For this bc:

Running bc script: multiply.bc

real 2.59
user 2.55
sys 0.03

Division

The command used was:

tests/script.sh bc divide.bc 0 1 1 [bc]

For GNU bc:

Running bc script: divide.bc

real 2.89
user 1.62
sys 1.26

For this bc:

Running bc script: divide.bc

real 2.24
user 2.22
sys 0.01

Power

The command used was:

printf '1234567890^100000; halt\n' | time -p [bc] -lq > /dev/null

For GNU bc:

real 12.08
user 12.08
sys 0.00

For this bc:

real 0.81
user 0.81
sys 0.00

Scripts

A script was created that contained the following:

#!/bin/sh

exe="$1"

for i in $(seq 0 1000); do
	printf '%d\n' "$i" | "$exe" -q tests/bc/scripts/timeconst.bc > /dev/null
done

where tests/bc/scripts/timeconst.bc is this file. The script was saved at ../test.sh.

The command used was:

time -p sh ../test.sh [bc]

For GNU bc:

real 0.92
user 0.85
sys 0.17

For this bc:

real 1.01
user 0.96
sys 0.15