#! perl -slw use strict; use Inline C => Config => BUILD_NOISY => 1; use Inline C => <<'END_C', NAME => 'monkeys', CLEAN_AFTER_BUILD => 0; void rnd64( int n ) { dXSARGS; static unsigned __int64 y = 88172645463325252i64; SP = MARK; EXTEND( SP, n ); while( n-- ) { y ^= y << 13; y ^= y >> 7; y ^= y << 17; mPUSHu( y ); } PUTBACK; return; } void rnd64i( int n, AV* av ) { dXSARGS; SV **ary = AvARRAY( av ); static unsigned __int64 y = 88172645463325252i64; SP = MARK; while( n-- ) { y ^= y << 13; y ^= y >> 7; y ^= y << 17; sv_setuv( ary[ n ], y ); } PUTBACK; return; } END_C use Data::Dump qw[ pp ]; use Devel::Peek; use Time::HiRes qw[ time ]; my $start = time; my @rands = (1) x 1e6; for( 1 .. $ARGV[0] ) { @rands = rnd64( 1e6 ); } my $stop = time; printf "stack->array assign: Rate: %.9f\n", ( $stop - $start ) / ( 1e6 * $ARGV[ 0 ] ); $start = time; my @rands2 = (1) x 1e6; for( 1 .. $ARGV[0] ) { @rands = rnd64i( 1e6, \@rands2 ); } $stop = time; printf "Modify array in-place: Rate: %.9f\n", ( $stop - $start ) / ( 1e6 * $ARGV[ 0 ] ); exit;