AppleScript Performance Test

From Wurst-Wasser.net

Timo and Rahul told me that they experienced slight differences in execution speed of AppleScripts depending on how they have been saved. Now, some tests:

Testing equipment

Machine: Heiko's MacBook Pro 15" 2.2GHz, 4GB, MacOS X 10.5.8
Script:

set vorher to current date
set t to 231
tell application "Finder"
	activate
	repeat t times
		set n to make new Finder window
		tell n to close
	end repeat
	set nachher to current date
	set dauer to nachher - vorher
	log dauer
	display dialog "Dauer: " & dauer & " Sekunden." buttons {"Doh!"}
end tell

Testergebnisse

Kind	Saving-Options-Screenshot	Execution time (seconds)
Script im Script Editor		31
Script, Run Only		16, launched with FastScripts^[1]
Application, Run Only		89
Application		88
Script bundle		18, gestartet via FastScripts
Script bundle, Run Only		19, launched with FastScripts
Application bundle		86
Application bundle, Run Only		86
Text		19, launched with `osascript`