Hello World
The computer science classic, "Hello, world".
Test Goal
In reality, this test serves the purpose of determining how fast the system in question starts up, before performing a trivial task.
Input argument meaning
In this test the argument specifies the number of times to repeat the test. As long as the goal is to measure the start-up time, the test is executed only with the argument value of 1.
Results
| Language | Milliseconds | Weighted Characters |
|---|---|---|
| gcc 2.95.4 | 1 | 85 |
| Perl 5.8.0 | 3 | 26 |
| Tcl 8.4.5 | 6 | 24 |
| PHP 4.2.3 | 8 | 39 |
| Ruby 1.7.2 | 11 | 22 |
| Python 2.3.2 | 16 | 23 |
| MzScheme 203 | 30 | 66 |
| gcj 3.3.2 | 55 | 114 |
Last updated: Sun Jan 18 11:15:31 CET 2004