Benchmark: Modulo Alternatives 3

Tests:

Standard Modulo
var remainder = 400 % 360;
Alternate Modulo #1
var remainder = 400; var divisor = 360; while (remainder >= divisor){ remainder -= divisor; }

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Standard Modulo
Alternate Modulo #1

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):

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**Understanding the Benchmark**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of different approaches to calculate the remainder of an integer division operation in JavaScript.

**Options Compared**

Two options are compared:

1. **Standard Modulo**: The built-in modulo operator (`%`) is used to calculate the remainder.
2. **Alternate Modulo #1**: A manual loop is used to subtract the divisor from the dividend until the result is less than the divisor, effectively calculating the remainder.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

* **Standard Modulo**:
	+ Pros: Fast, concise, and easy to read.
	+ Cons: May not be suitable for all use cases (e.g., very large numbers), and may not work correctly with certain data types (e.g., floating-point numbers).
* **Alternate Modulo #1**:
	+ Pros: Works correctly with all integer data types, including very large numbers.
	+ Cons: Longer and more verbose than the standard modulo approach.

**Library Used**

None is explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition or test cases. However, it's likely that both options are implemented using built-in JavaScript features.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

There doesn't seem to be any special JS features or syntax used in these test cases.

**Benchmark Preparation Code and HTML Preparation Code**

The "Script Preparation Code" and "Html Preparation Code" fields are empty, suggesting that the benchmark definition is a self-contained script that can be executed directly without additional setup.

**Alternative Approaches**

Other approaches to calculate the remainder could include:

* Using the `Math.floor()` function in combination with other arithmetic operations.
* Implementing a custom binary search algorithm to find the remainder.
* Utilizing parallel processing or multi-threading to speed up calculations (not applicable in this benchmark).

In conclusion, the Modulo Alternatives 3 benchmark compares two approaches to calculate the remainder of an integer division operation: the built-in modulo operator and a manual loop-based approach. The standard modulo approach is faster but may not work correctly with all data types, while the alternate modulo approach is more verbose but works with all integer data types.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/93.0.4577.63 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 93 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Standard Modulo	963746112.0 Ops/sec
Alternate Modulo #1	195446944.0 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Modulo Alternatives 3 (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Standard Modulo vs Alternate Modulo #1

Created: 3 years ago by: Guest

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Standard Modulo

Alternate Modulo #1

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 27 days ago):