Recursive Fibonacci Benchmark using top languages on Github

Top 10: JavaScript, Java, Python, Ruby, Php, C++, C#, C, Go reference

Others: Crystal, Rust, Swift, Mono, Elixir

This code performs a recursive fibonacci to the 46th position with the result of 2,971,215,073.

All tests are run on:

• iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
• OS: macOS Sierra 10.12.1
• Processor: 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5
• Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3

Natively compiled, statically typed

Language	Time, s	Compile	Run
C	5.459	gcc -O3 -o fib fib.c	time ./fib
C++	5.487	g++ -O3 -o fib fib.cpp	time ./fib
Crystal	5.500	crystal build fib.cr --release	time ./fib
Swift	8.576	swiftc -O -g Fib.swift	time ./fib
Go	10.621	go build fib.go	time ./fib
Rust	11.236	rustc -O -C no-prepopulate-passes fib.rs	time ./fib

VM compiled bytecode, statically typed

Language	Time, s	Compile	Run
Java	6.553	javac Fib.java	time java Fib
C# (Mono)	11.161	mcs fib.cs	time mono fib.exe
C#	72.410	dotnet restore	time dotnet run

VM compiled before execution, mixed typed

Language	Time	Run
Dart	8.936 Seconds	time dart fib.dart
Node	19.960 Seconds	time node fib.js

Interpreted, dynamically typed

Language	Time	Run
Elixir	1 Minutes 6 Seconds	time elixir Fib.exs
Ruby	3 Minutes 18 Seconds	time ruby fib.rb
Python	9 Minutes 13 Seconds	time python fib.py
Php	9 Minutes 34 Seconds	time php fib.php

Versions

• crystal 0.20.3 (2016-12-23)
• go version go1.7.3 darwin/amd64
• g++ Apple LLVM version 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)
• gcc Apple LLVM version 8.0.0 (clang-800.0.42.1)
• rustc 1.13.0
• swiftc Apple Swift version 3.0.2 (swiftlang-800.0.63 clang-800.0.42.1)
• javac 1.8.0_73
• mcs Mono C# compiler version 4.2.2.0
• dotnet 1.0.0-preview2-1-003177
• dart VM version: 1.21.0 (Wed Dec 7 06:44:15 2016)
• node v6.1.0
• elixir 1.3.4
• ruby 2.3.1p112
• python 2.7.10
• php 5.6.25 (cli) (built: Sep 6 2016 16:37:16)

Caveats

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