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| 612 | It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following |
612 | It seems that JSON::XS is surprisingly fast, as shown in the following |
| 613 | tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program |
613 | tables. They have been generated with the help of the C<eg/bench> program |
| 614 | in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own |
614 | in the JSON::XS distribution, to make it easy to compare on your own |
| 615 | system. |
615 | system. |
| 616 | |
616 | |
| 617 | First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short JSON |
617 | First comes a comparison between various modules using a very short |
| 618 | string: |
618 | single-line JSON string: |
| 619 | |
619 | |
| 620 | {"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], "id": null} |
620 | {"method": "handleMessage", "params": ["user1", "we were just talking"], \ |
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621 | "id": null, [1,11,234,-5,1e5,1e7, true, false]} |
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622 | |
| 622 | It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses the |
623 | It shows the number of encodes/decodes per second (JSON::XS uses the |
| 623 | functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface with |
624 | functional interface, while JSON::XS/2 uses the OO interface with |
| 624 | pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled). Higher is better: |
625 | pretty-printing and hashkey sorting enabled). Higher is better: |
| 625 | |
626 | |
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627 | -----------+------------+------------+ |
| 626 | module | encode | decode | |
628 | module | encode | decode | |
| 627 | -----------|------------|------------| |
629 | -----------|------------|------------| |
| 628 | JSON | 11488.516 | 7823.035 | |
630 | JSON | 10597.029 | 5740.903 | |
| 629 | JSON::DWIW | 94708.054 | 129094.260 | |
631 | JSON::DWIW | 78251.940 | 98457.840 | |
| 630 | JSON::PC | 63884.157 | 128528.212 | |
632 | JSON::PC | 70611.178 | 92794.336 | |
| 631 | JSON::Syck | 34898.677 | 42096.911 | |
633 | JSON::Syck | 28767.517 | 38199.490 | |
| 632 | JSON::XS | 654027.064 | 396423.669 | |
634 | JSON::XS | 419430.400 | 265462.278 | |
| 633 | JSON::XS/2 | 371564.190 | 371725.613 | |
635 | JSON::XS/2 | 279620.267 | 265462.278 | |
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636 | JSON::XS/3 | 388361.481 | 265462.278 | |
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637 | Storable | 16294.887 | 16844.594 | |
| 634 | -----------+------------+------------+ |
638 | -----------+------------+------------+ |
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639 | |
| 636 | That is, JSON::XS is more than six times faster than JSON::DWIW on |
640 | That is, JSON::XS is about five times faster than JSON::DWIW on encoding, |
| 637 | encoding, more than three times faster on decoding, and about thirty times |
641 | about three times faster on decoding, and about fourty times faster |
| 638 | faster than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. |
642 | than JSON, even with pretty-printing and key sorting. It also compares |
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643 | favourably to Storable for small amounts of data. |
| 639 | |
644 | |
| 640 | Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals |
645 | Using a longer test string (roughly 18KB, generated from Yahoo! Locals |
| 641 | search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg): |
646 | search API (http://nanoref.com/yahooapis/mgPdGg): |
| 642 | |
647 | |
| 643 | module | encode | decode | |
648 | module | encode | decode | |
| 644 | -----------|------------|------------| |
649 | -----------|------------|------------| |
| 645 | JSON | 273.023 | 44.674 | |
650 | JSON | 254.685 | 37.665 | |
| 646 | JSON::DWIW | 1089.383 | 1145.704 | |
651 | JSON::DWIW | 1014.244 | 1087.678 | |
| 647 | JSON::PC | 3097.419 | 2393.921 | |
652 | JSON::PC | 3602.116 | 2307.352 | |
| 648 | JSON::Syck | 514.060 | 843.053 | |
653 | JSON::Syck | 558.035 | 776.263 | |
| 649 | JSON::XS | 6479.668 | 3636.364 | |
654 | JSON::XS | 5747.196 | 3543.684 | |
| 650 | JSON::XS/2 | 3774.221 | 3599.124 | |
655 | JSON::XS/2 | 3968.121 | 3589.170 | |
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656 | JSON::XS/3 | 6105.246 | 3561.134 | |
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657 | Storable | 4456.337 | 5320.020 | |
| 651 | -----------+------------+------------+ |
658 | -----------+------------+------------+ |
| 652 | |
659 | |
| 653 | Again, JSON::XS leads by far. |
660 | Again, JSON::XS leads by far. |
| 654 | |
661 | |
| 655 | On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules |
662 | On large strings containing lots of high unicode characters, some modules |
