According to http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.5/stdlib/collections/ , sumabs2(itr) is faster than sum(itr.^2) and sumabs(itr) is faster than sum(abs(itr)). Makes sense because sum(abs2(itr)) and sum(abs(itr)) make temporary arrays while sumabs2 and sumabs do not.
According to http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.5/stdlib/collections/ , sumabs2(itr) is faster than sum(itr.^2) and sumabs(itr) is faster than sum(abs(itr)). Makes sense because sum(abs2(itr)) and sum(abs(itr)) make temporary arrays while sumabs2 and sumabs do not.