from itertools import islice from random import random from time import perf_counter COUNT = 500000 # Change this value depending on the speed of your computer DATA = list(islice(iter(lambda: (random() - 0.5) * 3.0, None), COUNT)) e = 2.7182818284590452353602874713527 def sinh(x): return (1 - (e ** (-2 * x))) / (2 * (e ** -x)) def cosh(x): return (1 + (e ** (-2 * x))) / (2 * (e ** -x)) def tanh(x): tanh_x = sinh(x) / cosh(x) return tanh_x def test(fn, name): start = perf_counter() result = fn(DATA) duration = perf_counter() - start print('{} took {:.3f} seconds\n\n'.format(name, duration)) for d in result: assert -1 <= d <= 1, " incorrect values" if __name__ == "__main__": print('Running benchmarks with COUNT = {}'.format(COUNT)) test(lambda d: [tanh(x) for x in d], '[tanh(x) for x in d] (Python implementation)') from superfastcode import fast_tanh test(lambda d: [fast_tanh(x) for x in d], '[fast_tanh(x) for x in d] (CPython C++ extension)') from superfastcode2 import fast_tanh2 test(lambda d: [fast_tanh2(x) for x in d], '[fast_tanh2(x) for x in d] (PyBind11 C++ extension)')