% benchmark a goal using a default number of repetitions and printing some
% useful statistics
benchmark(Goal) :-
N = 1000000,
write('Number of repetitions: '), write(N), nl,
'$lgt_cpu_time'(Seconds1), % defined in the config files
benchmark(N, Goal),
'$lgt_cpu_time'(Seconds2),
Average is (Seconds2 - Seconds1)/N,
write('Average time per call: '), write(Average), write(' seconds'), nl,
Speed is 1.0/Average,
write('Number of calls per second: '), write(Speed), nl.
% repeat a goal N times using a failure-driven loop to avoid the interference
% of Prolog compiler memory management mechanism (such as garbage collection)
% on the results
benchmark(N, Goal) :-
repeat(N), % another option would be to use a between/3 built-in predicate
call(Goal),
fail.
benchmark(_, _).
% some Prolog compilers define the predicate repeat/1 as a built-in predicate;
% if that's the case of the Prolog compiler you are using, then comment out
% the definition that follows
repeat(_).
repeat(N) :-
N > 1,
N2 is N - 1,
repeat(N2).
