Benchmark: math pow vs multiply vs reduce

Tests:

pow
var x = Math.pow(10,2);
mult
var y = 10*10
reduce
var z = [10,10].reduce((acc, v) => acc * v, 1)

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pow
mult
reduce

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**Benchmark Overview**

The benchmark compares three different approaches to calculate the square of a number: `Math.pow(10,2)`, `10*10`, and `[10,10].reduce((acc, v) => acc * v, 1)`. This is known as the "math pow vs multiply vs reduce" benchmark.

**Options Compared**

The three options are:

1. **`Math.pow(10,2)`**: Uses the built-in `pow()` method of the `Math` object.
2. **`10*10`**: Performs a simple multiplication operation using the `*` operator.
3. **`[10,10].reduce((acc, v) => acc * v, 1)`**: Uses the `reduce()` method of arrays to multiply two numbers.

**Pros and Cons**

1. **`Math.pow(10,2)`**:
	* Pros: Fast and accurate.
	* Cons: Requires an extra function call (`pow()`), which might incur some overhead.
2. **`10*10`**:
	* Pros: Simple and straightforward, no extra function calls or array operations required.
	* Cons: Might be slower due to the need for repeated multiplication (10 + 10 + ...).
3. **`[10,10].reduce((acc, v) => acc * v, 1)`**:
	* Pros: Uses a functional programming approach and avoids explicit loops or recursive functions.
	* Cons: Requires an array initialization (`[10,10]`) and the `reduce()` method, which might be slower than a simple multiplication.

**Library and Syntax Considerations**

The benchmark does not use any specific libraries beyond the standard JavaScript library. However, it's worth noting that the `reduce()` method is part of the ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) specification, so it may not be supported in older browsers or environments.

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes used in this benchmark other than the examples mentioned above.

**Alternatives**

Some possible alternatives for each option could be:

* Instead of `Math.pow(10,2)`, you could use the exponentiation operator (`**`) if it's supported by the target browser or environment.
* For `10*10`, you could consider using a more efficient multiplication algorithm, such as Karatsuba multiplication or binary multiplication.
* For `[10,10].reduce((acc, v) => acc * v, 1)`, you could explore other reduction algorithms, such as folding or accumulator-based approaches.

Overall, the benchmark provides a simple and straightforward way to compare the performance of three different mathematical operations in JavaScript.

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
pow	10288735.0 Ops/sec
mult	1262231040.0 Ops/sec
reduce	221178272.0 Ops/sec

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