words_extractor

Example of text file parsing in Python, Golang, Elixir, Rust, Crystal and Julia

Text source: 79.4MB in 30 files

• Rust 1.51.0 (parallel) with sorting: 0.91s, without sorting: 0.49s
• Python 3.9.5 (parallel) with sorting: 3.42s, without sorting: 2.47
• Crystal 1.0.0 (parallel) with sorting: 5.34s, withouts sorting: 2.48
• Go 1.16.4 (parallel) with sorting: 6.41s, without sorting: 3.75s
• Rust 1.51.0 with sorting: 7s, without sorting: 5s (no parallelism)
• Julia 1.6.1 (8 threads) 8.7s, (1 thread) 9.7s without sorting
• Python 3.9.5 with sorting: 10s, without sorting 8.32s (no parallelism)
• Crystal 1.0.0 with sorting: 13s, without sorting: 7s (no parallelism)
• Go 1.16.4 with sorting: 21s, without sorting: 11s (no parallelism)
• Elixir 1.12 (parallel) with sorting: 33s (without release build)

macOS 11.3.1, MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

Python

cd words_extractor_py
python words.py

Rust

cd words_extractor_rs
cargo build --release
target/release/words_extractor_rs

Golang

cd words_extractor_go
make build
GOGC=2000 ./main

Crystal

cd words_extractor_cr crystal build --release -Dpreview_mt src/fast_words_cr.cr -o main CRYSTAL_WORKES=8 ./main

Julia

julia -t 8 src/words_extractor_jl.jl

Elixir

cd words_extractor_ex mix run -e "WordsExtractor.run"

## Running Python

1. Install the latest Python 3.9.5
2. Create venv and dependencies

```bash
cd words_extractor_py
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the code

python words_parallel.py