Yes, expected that. Thanks. Curious to see how Python, PHP, Ruby perform.


>I|'d expect VB.NET to give pretty much identical results - both languages would compile to the same IL code....
>
>>Thanks Viv. Was to be expected for anything C :) Would this be the same for VB.Net since they run off the same underlying platform?
>>
>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I am doing a raw speed test on some very simple operations to compare basic VFP operations with another language. Would some of you care to do a similar test against another language of your choice? e.g. Python, PHP, VB.Net, whatever. I am looking for VFP speed vs. language_of_your_choice speed on the same machine. Here are two simple tests manipulating some numbers and building a string in VFP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>CLEAR
>>>>tStartTime = SECONDS()
>>>>ta=0
>>>>FOR i = 1 TO 1000000
>>>>  ta = Log(i) + Cos(i) + Sin(i) + Log(i) + exp(i)
>>>>next  
>>>>? SECONDS() - tStartTime 
>>>>
>>>>*
>>>>
>>>>tStartTime = SECONDS()
>>>>ta = ""
>>>>FOR i = 1 TO 1000000
>>>>  ta = ta + "xx"
>>>>next  
>>>>? SECONDS() - tStartTime 
>>>>

>>>
>>>On a fairly old machine:
>>>VFP : 1.298 seconds and .898 seconds.
>>>
>>>C# (code below) : 480 milliseconds and 25 milliseconds

static void Main(string[] args)
>>>        {
>>>            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
>>>            sw.Start();
>>>            double ta = 0;
>>>            for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
>>>            {
>>>                ta = Math.Log(i) + Math.Cos(i) + Math.Sin(i) + Math.Log(i) + Math.Exp(i);
>>>            }
>>>       
>>>            Console.WriteLine("Milliseconds: {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
>>>            sw.Reset();
>>>            sw.Start();
>>>            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
>>>            for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
>>>            {
>>>                sb.Append("xx");
>>>            }
>>>            string s = sb.ToString();
>>>            Console.WriteLine("Milliseconds {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
>>>            Console.ReadLine();
>>>        }