Comparing standard CSV library in go and ruby

csv_counter.md

• big.csv (1.3GB)
• Macbook Air 11-inch, Mid 2011
  • CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
  • Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

https://github.com/mirakui/hello_world/blob/master/go/csv_counter.go

$ time ./csv_counter big.csv
lines: 3502066
columns: 84049584
./csv_counter   56.40s user 1.31s system 99% cpu 57.982 total

https://github.com/mirakui/hello_world/blob/master/go/csv_counter.rb

$ time ruby ./csv_counter.rb big.csv
lines: 3502066
columns: 84049584
ruby ./csv_counter.rb   327.26s user 1.87s system 99% cpu 5:31.02 total