--- Remco Poelstra <remco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Globe Trotter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is strictly not an FC question, but I would like to time two (mine and > the > > naive) competing algorithms. My question is how do I do it accounting for > CPU > > 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? > > The bash commando 'time' gives real, user and system time of a command. > see 'man time' for more information. > Perhaps that could be usefull. > Thanks, however the issue is that it gives results on the entire program, not the algorithm part. Matthew Miller indicates that clock() approximately does what I want, so I will just use that. Many thanks and best wishes! __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html
