wickedweasel

0.8.12; _ = null                    x    89 ops/sec ±2.49% (70 runs sampled)
0.9.3; _ = null                     x    60 ops/sec ±2.53% (65 runs sampled)
0.9.3 optimized; _ = null           x 2,287 ops/sec ±1.27% (95 runs sampled)

D:\work\node\timers-benchmark>node run.js
0.8.12; _ = null                    x    70 ops/sec +2.85% (66 runs sampled)
0.9.3; _ = null                     x    42 ops/sec +4.38% (57 runs sampled)
0.9.3 optimized; _ = null           x 1,247 ops/sec +3.62% (92 runs sampled)

wicked@wicked-desktop:~/timers-benchmark$ ../node-v0.9.3-linux-x86/bin/node run.js 
0.8.12; _ = null                    x  11 ops/sec ±7.61% (33 runs sampled)
0.9.3; _ = null                     x   8 ops/sec ±4.81% (25 runs sampled)
0.9.3 optimized; _ = null           x 621 ops/sec ±0.47% (94 runs sampled)

// Fork a new worker
cluster.fork = function(env) {
  // This can only be called from the master.
  assert(cluster.isMaster);
  
  // Make sure that the master has been initialized
  cluster.setupMaster();
    
  return (new cluster.Worker(env));
};