Benchmark: string equality - ramda equals vs equal operator

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ramda/0.25.0/ramda.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var a = 'i am a string';
var b = 'i am a string';

Tests:

Ramda
var result = R.equals(a, b)
equal operator
var result = a === b

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Ramda
equal operator

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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Let's break down what's being tested in the provided JSON benchmark.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark compares the performance of two string equality checks:

1. `R.equals(a, b)`: This uses the Ramda library to perform an equality check on strings `a` and `b`.
2. `a === b`: This is a native JavaScript operator that performs an equality check on strings `a` and `b`.

**Options compared**

The two options being compared are:

* **Ramda's `equals` function**: A higher-order function from the Ramda library that takes two arguments and returns a boolean indicating whether they are equal.
* **Native JavaScript `===` operator**: A built-in operator in JavaScript that checks for equality between two values.

**Pros and Cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

**Ramda's `equals` function:**

Pros:

* More explicit and expressive than the native `===` operator
* Can handle more complex data structures, such as arrays and objects

Cons:

* Slower due to the additional function call overhead
* Requires importing an external library (in this case, Ramda)

**Native JavaScript `===` operator:**

Pros:

* Faster since it's a built-in operation without function call overhead
* More straightforward and concise

Cons:

* Less explicit and less expressive than `equals`
* May not work as expected for certain data structures (e.g., null or undefined values)

**Library used - Ramda**

Ramda is a popular functional programming library for JavaScript. Its `equals` function is specifically designed to perform equality checks on values, including strings.

**Special JS feature - No special features are mentioned in this benchmark**

If you'd like to know more about other libraries or approaches that can be used for string equality checks in JavaScript, I can provide some alternatives and their characteristics.

Some popular alternatives include:

* Lodash's `isEqual` function
* Moment.js's `equals` function (specifically designed for date and time comparisons)
* Built-in String.prototype.equals() method (supported by Internet Explorer 11 and later)

Let me know if you'd like more information on these alternatives!

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:95.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/95.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 95 on Ubuntu

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Test name	Executions per second
Ramda	7298067.0 Ops/sec
equal operator	683221760.0 Ops/sec

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Comparing performance of: Ramda vs equal operator

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Ramda

equal operator

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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