OSH Parser Performance

We time $sh -n $file for various files under various shells, and repeat then run under cachegrind for stable metrics.

Source code: oil/benchmarks/osh-parser.sh

Raw files

Summary

Instructions Per Line (via cachegrind)

Lower numbers are generally better, but each shell recognizes a different language, and OSH uses a more thorough parsing algorithm. In thousands of "I refs".

shell label total lines thousand irefs per line
bash 118,863 15.1
dash 111,674 2.3
osh-native 118,863 13.1
osh-native-souffle 118,863 11.5

(zsh isn't measured because zsh -n unexpectedly forks.)

Average Parsing Rate, Measured on Two Machines (lines/ms)

Shell startup time is included in the elapsed time measurements, but long files are chosen to minimize its effect.

shell label total lines host no-host
dash 111,674 2,755
bash 118,863 670
osh-native-souffle 118,863 453
osh-native 118,863 418
osh-cpython 118,863 12

Per-File Measurements

Time and Memory

shell label elapsed ms user ms sys ms max rss MB num lines filename
dash 2 2 0 1 2,698 Build.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 8 7 1 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 8 6 2 8 2,698 Build.sh
osh-cpython 283 257 27 22 2,698 Build.sh
dash 2 1 1 1 2,512 abuild
bash 6 5 1 3 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 8 7 1 8 2,512 abuild
osh-native 9 8 1 9 2,512 abuild
osh-cpython 375 351 24 22 2,512 abuild
dash 8 8 0 2 20,489 configure
bash 34 33 1 3 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 42 32 10 21 20,489 configure
osh-native 45 39 6 21 20,489 configure
osh-cpython 1,879 1,846 33 43 20,489 configure
dash 21 21 0 2 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 80 79 1 3 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 146 124 22 49 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 159 136 23 50 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-cpython 5,351 5,268 83 87 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 6 5 1 3 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native-souffle 6 4 2 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 7 4 4 8 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-cpython 274 252 22 21 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 1 1 0 1 1,733 functions
bash 4 4 0 3 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 6 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-native 7 3 3 8 1,733 functions
osh-cpython 261 240 21 21 1,733 functions
dash 4 4 0 2 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 17 15 2 4 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 20 14 6 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 21 16 5 15 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-cpython 857 824 33 29 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 4 3 1 3 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 0 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 5 1 4 7 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-cpython 104 88 16 19 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 1 0 1 1 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 4 2 2 7 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 4 2 2 8 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 5 5 0 3 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-cpython 109 95 14 19 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 16 15 1 3 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native-souffle 17 13 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 20 16 4 12 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-cpython 789 754 35 28 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh

Instruction Counts

shell label irefs num lines filename
dash 6,416,010 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native-souffle 32,964,911 2,698 Build.sh
bash 35,958,882 2,698 Build.sh
osh-native 37,602,948 2,698 Build.sh
dash 7,042,147 2,512 abuild
osh-native-souffle 38,801,594 2,512 abuild
bash 43,761,475 2,512 abuild
osh-native 45,325,375 2,512 abuild
dash 53,261,640 20,489 configure
osh-native-souffle 241,642,605 20,489 configure
osh-native 276,285,628 20,489 configure
bash 349,702,388 20,489 configure
dash 151,770,612 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 782,431,379 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native 880,794,396 69,779 configure-coreutils
bash 886,197,417 69,779 configure-coreutils
osh-native-souffle 26,544,794 2,029 configure-helper.sh
osh-native 30,642,032 2,029 configure-helper.sh
bash 47,119,375 2,029 configure-helper.sh
dash 4,652,224 1,733 functions
osh-native-souffle 24,869,709 1,733 functions
bash 28,169,399 1,733 functions
osh-native 28,977,301 1,733 functions
dash 23,597,230 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,429,455 9,661 ltmain.sh
osh-native 113,412,525 9,661 ltmain.sh
bash 172,930,991 9,661 ltmain.sh
dash 3,166,564 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native-souffle 10,816,626 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
osh-native 11,866,228 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
bash 25,314,918 1,679 t4014-format-patch.sh
dash 4,357,271 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 12,680,352 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native 13,927,881 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
bash 41,138,083 3,123 t9300-fast-import.sh
osh-native-souffle 97,489,767 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
osh-native 112,741,235 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh
bash 161,950,200 5,160 test-cmd-util.sh

Shell and Host Details

shell label shell id
bash bash-4aa64418
dash dash-0ebcf347
osh-cpython osh-d592bc06
osh-native osh-a874fa4e
osh-native-souffle osh-native-souffle-161321ea
host label host id
no-host no-host-e4839999

Raw Data

filename
no-host.2025-03-30__17-01-23.cachegrind.tsv
no-host.2025-03-30__17-01-23.times.csv