Benchmark: Lodash.isEqual vs join Equality Comparison for Shallow Array of Strings.

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lodash@4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

window.foo = ['cat', 'dog', 'bird'];
window.bar = ['cat', 'dog', 'bird'];

Tests:

isEqual
_.isEqual(window.foo, window.bar)
join
window.foo.join() === window.bar.join();

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
isEqual
join

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and test cases to understand what is being tested.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark measures the performance of two approaches:

1. `_.isEqual(window.foo, window.bar)` using Lodash
2. `window.foo.join() === window.bar.join()` without any additional libraries

**Script Preparation Code**

The script preparation code sets up two variables, `foo` and `bar`, which are arrays of strings:
```javascript
window.foo = ['cat', 'dog', 'bird'];
window.bar = ['cat', 'dog', 'bird'];
```
These arrays contain the same elements.

**Html Preparation Code**

The HTML preparation code includes a script tag that loads the Lodash library (version 4.17.4):
```html
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lodash@4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>
```
**Individual Test Cases**

There are two test cases:

1. **isEqual**
The benchmark definition is `_.isEqual(window.foo, window.bar)`. This uses the Lodash library to compare the equality of the two arrays.

2. **join**
The benchmark definition is `window.foo.join() === window.bar.join()`. This does not use any additional libraries and only relies on the built-in `join()` method for string concatenation.

**Pros, Cons, and Considerations**

**Lodash.isEqual (isEqual)**

Pros:

* Fast and efficient implementation
* Easy to read and maintain code

Cons:

* Adds extra dependency on Lodash library
* May be slower due to the overhead of function call

Considerations:

* If you're already using Lodash in your project, this approach can be beneficial.
* However, if you're not using Lodash, it may not be worth the additional dependency.

**join**

Pros:

* No extra dependencies required
* Built-in method makes code easy to read and understand

Cons:

* May be slower due to string concatenation in a loop
* Error handling can be tricky

Considerations:

* This approach is suitable if you're working with small arrays or strings.
* However, it may not perform well for large datasets.

**Library: Lodash**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides a wide range of functions for tasks such as array manipulation, string iteration, and more. In this benchmark, the `_.isEqual` function is used to compare the equality of two arrays. The Lodash library adds extra functionality but can also introduce performance overhead.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in these test cases. However, if you're interested in exploring other approaches that use modern JavaScript features like async/await, promises, or TypeScript, those could be discussed as alternative methods.

**Other Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternatives to this benchmark, here are a few options:

1. **Array.prototype.every()**: Instead of using `_.isEqual`, you can use the `every()` method to compare arrays element-wise.
2. **String.prototype.includes()**: For comparing strings, you can use the `includes()` method instead of concatenating strings with `+`.
3. **Modern JavaScript features**: As mentioned earlier, modern JavaScript features like async/await, promises, and TypeScript could be explored as alternative methods.

These alternatives might provide different performance characteristics or trade-offs in terms of code readability and maintainability.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/100.0.4896.75 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 100 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
isEqual	1884073.6 Ops/sec
join	2295360.8 Ops/sec

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Comparing performance of: isEqual vs join

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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isEqual

join

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one month ago):