Benchmark: Simple Sort tests

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/moment.js/2.20.1/moment.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/decimal.js/9.0.1/decimal.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var sortDirections = {
  DEFAULT: -1,
  ASC: 1,
  DESC: -1,
};

var numberArrayToSort = [1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 5, 8, 7];
var momentArrayToSort = numberArrayToSort.map((value) => moment(value));
console.log(momentArrayToSort[1].isBefore);
var decimalArrayToSort = numberArrayToSort.map((value) => new Decimal(value));
console.log(decimalArrayToSort);

var compare = (lessThan, equalTo) => {
  if (lessThan) {
    return -1;
  } else if (equalTo) {
    return 0;
  }

  return 1;
};

var primitiveTypeComparator = (a, b) => compare(a < b, a === b);

var genericComparator = (comparator = primitiveTypeComparator) => (a, b) => {
  return comparator(a, b);
};
var genericDirectionComparator = (comparator = primitiveTypeComparator) => (a, b, direction = sortDirections.ASC) => {
  return direction * comparator(a, b);
};
var genericHoistDirectionComparator = (comparator = primitiveTypeComparator, direction = sortDirections.ASC) => (a, b) => {
  return direction * comparator(a, b);
};

var sortByNumberComparator = genericDirectionComparator();

var sortByDecimalComparator = genericDirectionComparator(
  (decimalA, decimalB) => compare(decimalA.lessThan(decimalB), decimalA.equals(decimalB))
);

var sortByMomentComparator = genericDirectionComparator(
  (momentA, momentB) => compare(momentA.isBefore(momentB), momentA.isSame(momentB))
);

Tests:

Number, many functions
numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => sortByNumberComparator(a, b, sortDirections.ASC));
Number, straight
numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => (a - b))
Number, straight, with direction
numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -1 : 1)
Number, many functions, no direction
genericComparator()(numberArrayToSort);
Number, many functions, no lookup direction
genericHoistDirectionComparator()(numberArrayToSort);
Number, straight, with Enum Direction
numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -sortDirections.ASC : sortDirections.ASC)
Number, many functions,
genericDirectionComparator()(numberArrayToSort);
var direction = sortDirections.ASC; numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -direction : direction)

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Number, many functions
Number, straight
Number, straight, with direction
Number, many functions, no direction
Number, many functions, no lookup direction
Number, straight, with Enum Direction
Number, many functions,

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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Let's dive into the explanation of the provided benchmark.

**Benchmark Definition JSON**

The benchmark defines several comparison functions for sorting arrays:

1. `sortByNumberComparator`: A generic direction comparator that takes an array, another array, and a direction (ASC or DESC) as input. It returns a function that can be used to compare two elements in the array.
2. `sortByDecimalComparator`: Similar to `sortByNumberComparator`, but it uses the `decimal.js` library to compare decimal numbers.
3. `sortByMomentComparator`: Similar to `sortByNumberComparator`, but it uses the `moment.js` library to compare timestamps.

The benchmark also defines a few test cases that use these comparison functions:

* `numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => sortByNumberComparator(a, b, sortDirections.ASC))`: Sorts an array of numbers using the `sortByNumberComparator`.
* `genericComparator()`: A generic comparator function that can be used to compare two elements in an array (no direction).
* `genericHoistDirectionComparator()`: Similar to `genericComparator`, but it takes a direction as input.
* `numberArrayToSort.sort((a, b) => a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -sortDirections.ASC : sortDirections.ASC)`: Sorts an array of numbers using the comparison function with direction.

**Options Compared**

The benchmark compares different approaches for sorting arrays:

1. **Direct Comparison**: Using a direct comparison function (e.g., `(a, b) => a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -1 : 1`)
2. **Generic Comparator**: Using a generic comparator function that can be used to compare two elements in an array (e.g., `genericComparator()`)
3. **Generic Direction Comparator**: Using a generic direction comparator function that takes an array, another array, and a direction as input (e.g., `sortByNumberComparator()`)

**Pros and Cons**

* Direct Comparison:
	+ Pros: Simple and easy to understand.
	+ Cons: May not be efficient for large arrays, as it requires multiple checks.
* Generic Comparator:
	+ Pros: Can be reused with different data types and directions.
	+ Cons: May require more overhead due to function calls.
* Generic Direction Comparator:
	+ Pros: Provides flexibility in sorting directions (ASC or DESC).
	+ Cons: Requires more function calls, which may introduce overhead.

**Other Considerations**

* **Library Usage**: The benchmark uses the `moment.js` and `decimal.js` libraries for timestamp and decimal comparisons, respectively.
* **Device Platform and Browser**: The benchmark is executed on a specific device platform (Mac OS X 10.13.3) and browser (Chrome 63).

**Alternative Benchmarks**

If you wanted to add more benchmarks, you could consider comparing other sorting algorithms or data structures, such as:

1. **Radix Sort**: A non-comparison sorting algorithm that sorts integers based on their digits.
2. **Merge Sort**: A comparison-based sorting algorithm that splits the array into smaller chunks and merges them in sorted order.
3. **Heap Sort**: A comparison-based sorting algorithm that uses a binary heap data structure to sort the array.

Keep in mind that adding new benchmarks should be done thoughtfully, considering factors such as code complexity, execution time, and relevance to your specific use case.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2025 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_13_3) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/63.0.3239.132 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 63 on Mac OS X 10.13.3

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Test name	Executions per second
Functions	940075.5 Ops/sec
Straight	2219728.8 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Simple Sort tests (version: 20)

Comparing performance of: Number, many functions vs Number, straight vs Number, straight, with direction vs Number, many functions, no direction vs Number, many functions, no lookup direction vs Number, straight, with Enum Direction vs Number, many functions, vs

Created: 6 years ago by: Registered User

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Number, many functions

Number, straight

Number, straight, with direction

Number, many functions, no direction

Number, many functions, no lookup direction

Number, straight, with Enum Direction

Number, many functions,

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):