loop v nextTick benchmark ( no closures )

loop_v_nextTick_bm_no_closures.js

var startLoop;
var startNextTick;

var size = 1000000; // million

var loopCount = 0;
var noop = 0;
var loopTest = function () {
  loopCount++;
  if ( loopCount < ( size - 1 ) )
    noop++;
  if ( loopCount == ( size - 1 ) )
    console.log( 'loop result: ' + ( new Date() - startLoop ) + 'ms' );
};

var loop = function () {
  for ( var i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
    loopTest();
  }
};

var nextTickCount = 0;
var nextTickTest = function () {
  nextTickCount++;
  if ( nextTickCount < ( size - 1 ) )
    process.nextTick( nextTickTest );
  if ( nextTickCount == ( size - 1 ) ) 
    console.log( 'nextTick result: ' + ( new Date() - startNextTick ) + 'ms' );
}

var nextTick = function () {
  nextTickTest();
};

startLoop = new Date();
loop();

startNextTick = new Date();
nextTick();