node/benchmark/next-tick-2.js

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var count = 2e6,
    left = count,
    start;

function onNextTick() {
  if (--left) {
    process.nextTick(onNextTick);
  } else {
    finalize();
  }  
}

function finalize() {
  var duration = (new Date()).getTime() - start,
      ticksPerSec = count / duration * 1000;
  console.log("nextTick callbacks per second: " + Math.round(ticksPerSec));
}

start = (new Date()).getTime();
process.nextTick(onNextTick);