README.md

lua-benchmark

A simple benchmark to compare Lua and your compiler to another popular languages

Current compared Languages

• C
• Python

The Script

The script used in all of the languages is a simple loop that create a array and with that array we check if the item in the array is a prime number, if yes then append in another array

Benchmark

Languages	Time in secs.
Python	~27.1
C	~1.0
Lua	~3.8
Luajit	~1.9

Run Scripts

To run the scripts type:

C

  gcc test.c -o test.sh

Then

  ./test.sh

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Python

    python test.py

Or

    python3 test.py

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Lua

    lua test.lua

Or if you want run compiled

    luajit test.lua

Links to languages websites

• Lua
• LuaJIT
• Python
• C