PHP $numbers = []; for ($i = -10000000; $i < 10000000; $i++) $numbers[] = $i; $lowest = PHP_INT_MAX; foreach ($numbers as $i) { if ($i

PHP $numbers = []; for ($i = -10000000; $i < 10000000; $i++) $numbers[] = $i; $lowest = PHP_INT_MAX; foreach ($numbers as $i) { if ($i > 0 && $i < $lowest) { $lowest = $i; } } 1.08 seconds PHP Optimized $lowest = PHP_INT_MAX; foreach (range(-10000000, 10000000) as $i) { if ($i > 0 && $i < $lowest) { $lowest = $i; } } 0.56 seconds Make sure to enable JIT (tracing) Node for loop version for me took 1.25 seconds (I have a very old rig) php --version PHP 8.0.11 (cli) (built: Sep 21 2021 18:25:57) ( NTS Visual C++ 2019 x64 ) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.0.11, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies with Zend OPcache v8.0.11, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies node --version v16.1.0 Note: I measured time within the script and not outside to avoid any bootup time.