#!/usr/bin/luajit
-- Measure performance of allocation

    function nlist(n)
        local rv = nil
        for i = 1, n do
            rv = {i, rv}
        end
        return rv
    end

    function mnlist(m, n)
        print('m='..m..' n='..n)
        for i = 1, m do nlist(n) end
    end

    mnlist(2000*1000, 500)