On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:40:34AM -0700, Globe Trotter wrote: > utilization. Unless I misunderstood the documentation, clock() provides > the processor time and so the difference between clock() at the beginning > of the call to an algorithm and the end would provide me with the CPU time > elapsed. However, if for some reason the processor was running at 75% or > whatever, my reported time would be affected, and hence there would not > really be a fair comparison. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions as to > how I may settle this issue? clock() returns an approximation of the CPU time used by the actual process, so while load from other programs is a factor (particularly since it'll make your program wait for IO, etc.) it should do basically what you want. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
