Ruby Map/Reduce 函数必须高效吗？

Question

b1 = Time.now
puts (1..100000).inject(0) { |x, y| x + y }
a1 = Time.now
puts "Time for inject: #{a1 - b1}"

b2 = Time.now
sum = 0
(1..100000).each do |value|
    sum += value
end
puts sum
a2 = Time.now
puts "Time for each: #{a2 - b2}"

上面的 Ruby 代码比较了两种求和整数的方法。令我惊讶的是，更优雅的 inject 或 reduce 方法优于其他方法。为什么会这样？为什么人们会费心使用低效的inject 或reduce？仅仅因为它优雅？

PS:感谢所有鼓舞人心的答案。我的目的是询问导致差异的幕后情况。

Answer 1

在这种情况下我会用一点数学:

require "benchmark"

N = 5_000_000

Benchmark.bmbm do |bm|
  bm.report "inject 1" do
    (1..N).inject(0) { |x, y| x + y }
  end

  bm.report "inject 2" do
    (1..N).inject(:+)
  end

  bm.report "each" do
    sum = 0
    (1..N).each do |value|
      sum += value
    end
  end

  bm.report "sum of finite arithmetic progression" do
    ((1 + N) * N) / 2
  end
end

结果是:

% ruby sum.rb
Rehearsal ------------------------------------------------------------------------
inject 1                               0.500000   0.000000   0.500000 (  0.507497)
inject 2                               0.320000   0.000000   0.320000 (  0.322675)
each                                   0.370000   0.000000   0.370000 (  0.380504)
sum of finite arithmetic progression   0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000005)
--------------------------------------------------------------- total: 1.190000sec

                                           user     system      total        real
inject 1                               0.500000   0.000000   0.500000 (  0.507697)
inject 2                               0.320000   0.000000   0.320000 (  0.322323)
each                                   0.370000   0.000000   0.370000 (  0.380307)
sum of finite arithmetic progression   0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000004)
% 

更好的数学总是更快:)