[Info-vax] Python for x86?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/7/2023 11:52 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Just realized that I had an error in the calculation for
> string performance in Fortran and Basic (I fucked up with the
> VMS_FACTOR constant that is used to keep string length under
> 32K).
> 
> So again with C++ and (hopefully) with Fortran and Basic
> correct for string operations:

And then it turned out that the Basic integer test was
not good because I did not know how to write integer literals
in VMS Basic.

:-(

Updated results.

Integer operations
                                           Alpha sim         Itanium
                                           (no JIT)          (older)
C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, Basic (/NOCHECK) 24-29             246
Basic (/CHECK)                            19                45
Ada (gnat make)                           8                 -
Ada (gnat make -gnatp "-O3")              44                -
Java 5                                    11                -
Java 8                                    -                 286
Python 2                                  0.05              -
Python 3                                  -                 0.6

String operations
                                           Alpha sim         Itanium
                                           (no JIT)          (older)
C                                         0.078             1.94
C++                                       0.049             0.40
Pascal                                    0.005             0.32
Fortran                                   0.156             6.94
Basic                                     0.004             0.13
Ada                                       0.005             -
Java 5                                    0.033             -
Java 8                                    -                 1.76
Python 2                                  0.005             -
Python 3                                  -                 0.064

> If someone want to check themselves the sources are
> available at https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/temp/bm.zip !

Updated with correct Basic code.

Arne