#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Benchmark qw /timethese cmpthese/; my $file = "/usr/share/dict/words"; chomp (our @large_wordlist = `cat $file`); our ($ngram_f, $ngram_a, $ngram_y); cmpthese -60 => { fatvamp => '$ngram_f = {}; for my $w (@large_wordlist) { $word = "_" . $w . "_"; my $len = length($word); my $flen = $len; for (my $i = 0; $i < $flen; $i ++) { $$ngram_f {substr ($word, $i, 5)} ++ if $len > 4; $$ngram_f {substr ($word, $i, 4)} ++ if $len > 3; $$ngram_f {substr ($word, $i, 3)} ++ if $len > 2; $$ngram_f {substr ($word, $i, 2)} ++ if $len > 1; $$ngram_f {substr ($word, $i, 1)} ++; $len --; } }', abigail => '$ngram_a = {}; "_${_}_" =~ /(.{1,5})(?{$$ngram_a {$^N} ++})(?!)/ for @large_wordlist;', ysth => '$ngram_y = {}; for my $word (@large_wordlist) { ++ $$ngram_y {$_} for grep defined, "_${word}_" =~ /(?=(((((.).).).).))|(?=((((.).).).))| (?=(((.).).))|(?=((.).))|(?=(.))/gx; }', }; my @keys_f = sort keys %$ngram_f; my @keys_a = sort keys %$ngram_a; my @keys_y = sort keys %$ngram_y; die "Wrong keys\n" unless "@keys_f" eq "@keys_a" && "@keys_f" eq "@keys_y"; my @values_f = @$ngram_f {@keys_f}; my @values_a = @$ngram_a {@keys_a}; my @values_y = @$ngram_y {@keys_y}; die "Wrong values\n" unless "@values_f" eq "@values_a" && "@values_f" eq "@values_y"; __END__ s/iter ysth abigail fatvamp ysth 7.08 -- -48% -62% abigail 3.70 92% -- -28% fatvamp 2.68 164% 38% --