NLua vs. MoonSharp

fib15withbindingmoonsharp.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using MoonSharp.Interpreter;

namespace MoonSharpTest
{
    class Program
    {
        private static int Add(int value1, int value2)
        {
            return value1 + value2;
        }
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Script.WarmUp();

            string script = @"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return Add(fib(n - 2), fib(n - 1));
                end
            ";
            Script scriptObj = new Script();
            scriptObj.DoString(script);
            scriptObj.Globals["Add"] = (Func<int, int, int>)Add;

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
            DynValue res = null;

            sw.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                res = scriptObj.Call(scriptObj.Globals["fib"], 15);
            }
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res.Number);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

fib15withbindingnlua.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using NLua;

namespace CLuaTest
{
    class Program
    {
        public static int Add(int value1, int value2)
        {
            return value1 + value2;
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Lua state = new Lua();
            state.LoadCLRPackage();
            state.DoString(@"
                import ('CLuaTest', 'CLuaTest')
            ");
            state.DoString(@"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return Program.Add(fib(n - 2), fib(n - 1));
                end
            ");
            var scriptFunc = state["fib"] as LuaFunction;

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
            long res = 0;

            sw.Start();
            for (var i=0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                res = (long)scriptFunc.Call(15).First();
            }
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

fib15x10kmoonsharp

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using MoonSharp.Interpreter;

namespace MoonSharpTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Script.WarmUp();

            string script = @"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1);
                end
            ";
            Script scriptObj = new Script();
            scriptObj.DoString(script);

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
            DynValue res = null;

            sw.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                res = scriptObj.Call(scriptObj.Globals["fib"], 15);
            }
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res.Number);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

fib15x10knlua.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using NLua;

namespace CLuaTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Lua state = new Lua();
            state.DoString(@"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1);
                end
        ");
            var scriptFunc = state["fib"] as LuaFunction;

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
            long res = 0;

            sw.Start();
            for (var i=0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                res = (long)scriptFunc.Call(15).First();
            }
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

fib35moonsharp.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using MoonSharp.Interpreter;

namespace MoonSharpTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Script.WarmUp();

            string script = @"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1);
                end
            ";
            Script scriptObj = new Script();
            scriptObj.DoString(script);

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
            DynValue res = null;

            sw.Start();
            res = scriptObj.Call(scriptObj.Globals["fib"], 35);
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res.Number);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

fib35nlua.cs

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using NLua;

namespace CLuaTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Lua state = new Lua();
            state.DoString(@"
                function fib(n)
                    if n < 2 then 
                        return n
                    end
                    return fib(n - 2) + fib(n - 1);
                end
        ");
            var scriptFunc = state["fib"] as LuaFunction;

            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();

            sw.Start();
            var res = (long)scriptFunc.Call(35).First();
            sw.Stop();

            Console.WriteLine(res);
            Console.WriteLine("Elapsed={0}", sw.Elapsed);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
}

Results

fib(35) NLua - 00:00:01.0882426
fib(35) MoonSharp - 00:00:13.2349632
fib(15)x10k NLua - 00:00:00.7859748
fib(15)x10k MoonSharp - 00:00:08.7014046
fib(15)x10k+Binding NLua - 00:00:21.9166036
fib(15)x10k+Binding MoonSharp - 00:00:14.6797089

Great, thanks for the tests!