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Mandelbrot

This benchmark computes and draws 50 times the same mandelbrot figure on the standard output with 0 and 1 characters.

Results

The execution time is the user time added to the system time, as returned by the bash "time" command.

The execution time is computed by redirecting the standard output to /dev/null.

Python Perl Gambas Gambas + JIT
Execution time (s) 35.3 23.2 13.6 0.56
vs. Python 1 0.66 0.39 0.016
vs. Perl 1.52 1 0.59 0.024
vs. Gambas 2.60 1.71 1 0.041
vs. Gambas + JIT 63.04 41.43 24.29 1

Python source code

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys

MAXITER = 50
LIMIT = 4
out = sys.stdout;

def mandelbrot(w, h) :

  xmin = -1.5
  ymin = -1
  invN = 2.0 / w

  checknext = True

  for y in range(h) :
    Ci = y * invN + ymin

    for x in range(w) :
      Zr = 0.0
      Zi = 0.0
      Tr = 0.0
      Ti = 0.0
      Cr = x * invN + xmin
      if (checknext) :
        for k in range(MAXITER) :
          Zi = 2 * Zr * Zi + Ci
          Zr = Tr - Ti + Cr
          Ti = Zi * Zi
          Tr = Zr * Zr
          if (Tr + Ti) > LIMIT :
            break
        if k == MAXITER :
          out.write("1")
        else :
          out.write("0")
          checknext = False
      else :
        for k in range(MAXITER) :
          Zi = 2 * Zr * Zi + Ci
          Zr = Tr - Ti + Cr
          Ti = Zi * Zi
          Tr = Zr * Zr
        if (Tr + Ti) < LIMIT :
          out.write("1")
        else :
          out.write("0")
          checknext = True

    out.write("\n")

for i in range(50) :
  mandelbrot(200, 200)

Perl source code

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $MAXITER = 50;
my $LIMIT = 4;

sub mandelbrot($$)
{
  my $w = $_[0];
  my $h = $_[1];
  my $xmin = -1.5;
  my $ymin = -1;
  my $invN = 2/$w;

  my $checknext=1;

  for my $y (0..$h-1) {

    my $Ci = $y * $invN + $ymin;

    X:
    for my $x (0..$w-1) {

      my $Zr = 0;
      my $Zi = 0;
      my $Tr = 0;
      my $Ti = 0;

      my $Cr = $x * $invN + $xmin;

      if ($checknext) {

          for (1..$MAXITER) {
            $Zi = 2 * $Zr * $Zi + $Ci;
            $Zr = $Tr - $Ti + $Cr;
            $Ti = $Zi * $Zi;
            $Tr = $Zr * $Zr;

            if ($Tr + $Ti > $LIMIT) {
              print "0";
              next X;
            }
          }

          print "1";
          $checknext = 0;

      } else {

        for (1..$MAXITER) {
          $Zi = 2 * $Zr * $Zi + $Ci;
          $Zr = $Tr - $Ti + $Cr;
          $Ti = $Zi * $Zi;
          $Tr = $Zr * $Zr;
        }

        if ($Tr+$Ti < $LIMIT) {
          print "1";
        } else { # $Tr+$Ti is a large number or overflow ('nan' or 'inf')
          print "0";
          $checknext = 1;
        }

      }

    }

    print "\n";
  }
}

for(1..50) {
  mandelbrot(200, 200);
}

Gambas source code

#!/usr/bin/env gbs3

Private Const MAXITER As Integer = 50
Private Const LIMIT As Integer = 4

Sub Mandelbrot(W As Integer, H As Integer)

  Dim XMin As Float = -1.5
  Dim YMin As Float = -1
  Dim InvN As Float = 2.0 / W
  Dim CheckNext As Boolean = True
  Dim X, Y, K As Integer
  Dim Cr, Ci, Zr, Zi, {Tr}, Ti, T As Float

  For Y = 0 To H - 1

    Ci = Y * InvN + YMin

    For X = 0 To W - 1

      Zr = 0
      Zi = 0
      {Tr} = 0
      Ti = 0
      Cr = X * InvN + XMin

      If CheckNext Then

        For K = 1 To MAXITER
          Zi = 2 * Zr * Zi + Ci
          Zr = {Tr} - Ti + Cr
          Ti = Zi * Zi
          {Tr} = Zr * Zr
          T = {Tr} + Ti
          If IsNan(T) Or If T > LIMIT Then Break
        Next
        If K > MAXITER Then
          Print "1";
          CheckNext = False
        Else
          Print "0";
        Endif

      Else

        For K = 1 To MAXITER

          Zi = 2 * Zr * Zi + Ci
          Zr = {Tr} - Ti + Cr
          Ti = Zi * Zi
          {Tr} = Zr * Zr

        Next

        T = {Tr} + Ti
        If IsNan(T) Or If T > LIMIT Then
          Print "0";
          CheckNext = True
        Else
          Print "1";
        Endif

      Endif

    Next

    Print

  Next

End

Dim I As Integer

For I = 1 To 50
  Mandelbrot(200, 200)
Next