Hello,

I'm seeking a comparison of programming languages in a pure Linux
environment which compares mostly performance in an Apples to Apples
method.

Something that would help in either choosing an overall language to
standardize on or to choose an appropriate language for a particular
task that it's more suitable for.

I know the above is vague, there's a benefit from keeping it this way.
:-)

I'm interested in C, C++, Java and Perl.  

/Lizardnation

Hi Lizardnation!

I believe I have several resources for you. I found the most
comprehensive by using google to search "performance comparison C C++
Perl Java".

[http://www.ipd.uka.de/~prechelt/Biblio/jccpprtTR.pdf]
This is a comprehensive white paper comparing the above languages as
well as some others -- its conclusion seems to favor scripting
languages.

[http://sunsite.ee/java/whitepaper/java-whitepaper-10.html#HEADING10-8]
This paper is extremely pro-Java! It has a helpful chart demonstrating
which features exist and do not exist, although the text in the chart
is a little hard to read.

[http://www.willcam.com/perl_vs_java.html]
Here's a chart comparing some other Perl/Java/C/C++ features. 

As you can see, the "performance" evaluations seem to depend a great
deal on what one is looking for, and what particular activities or
features the comparer requires.


It seems that there are also a number of comparisons of C++ and Java
alone, which you may or may not find interesting:

[http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-02-1998/jw-02-jperf.html]

Concludes that Java can be as fast as C++ if used with a just-in-time
(JIT) compiler.

[http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~cs154/PerfComp/]
This article comes to precisely the opposite conclusion, and provides
hard data, but seems only to refer to Java with a JVM compiler.

[http://www.sosnoski.com/Java/Compare.html]
The author of this article, it should be noted, runs a company
specializing in Java solutions.

I hope this is what you're looking for! Please don't hesitate to ask
for clarification if I've misunderstood or been unclear.

Libronaut

Great answer! Thanks for the comments which do play a big role in
summerizing and attracting ones attention to the content. :-)

Hi again,

Just realized that there is one in there that doesn't use Linux as the
base operating system for the evaluation. But I have found a
replacement that does!

http://www.bagley.org/~doug/shootout/method.shtml

Sorry about that!

Libronaut

In order to execute performance tests you can use C/C++ Perfometer :

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=3512&lngWId=3

http://alexvn.freeservers.com/s1/perfometer.html

Best Regards.
   Alex

Hello Alexvn,

Thanks for the resource. :-)

/Lizardnation