curtis@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Ronald Curtis) (03/21/91)
Does anyone know a way to time programs using the Student version of
Metrowerks Mac Mod2? That is, does anyone have a procedure "gettime" so that
students can determine the time used by their program? eg
x := gettime
code to be timed goes here
y := gettime
timeused := y-x
The goal is to have them develop two implementation modules for a single
def and compare the results analytically and experimentally.
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* harvard,rutgers,talcott,ucbvax,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!curtis *lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins) (03/21/91)
In article <66570@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> curtis@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Ronald Curtis) writes: >Does anyone know a way to time programs using the Student version of >Metrowerks Mac Mod2? That is, does anyone have a procedure "gettime" so that >students can determine the time used by their program? eg > > x := gettime > code to be timed goes here > y := gettime > timeused := y-x > >The goal is to have them develop two implementation modules for a single >def and compare the results analytically and experimentally. > >-- >* Ronald Curtis, Computer Science Dept., SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 * >* OFFICE: 235 Bell Hall TELEPHONE: (716) 636-3185 CSNET: curtis@buffalo.csnet * >* BITNET: curtis%cs.buffalo.edu@ubvm.bitnet UUCP: {apple, cornell,decwrl, * >* harvard,rutgers,talcott,ucbvax,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!curtis * Use the Toolbox routine "TickCount" - it's in the Utilities module. Gives results to 1/60th of a second. If you need better accuracy you'll have ti use a milli- second timer using the Time Manager described in Inside Macinotsh Volume 4. -- Chuck Lins | "Is this the kind of work you'd like to do?" Apple Computer, Inc. | -- Front 242 20525 Mariani Avenue | Internet: lins@apple.com Mail Stop 37-BD | AppleLink: LINS@applelink.apple.com Cupertino, CA 95014 | "Self-proclaimed Object Oberon Evangelist" The intersection of Apple's ideas and my ideas yields the empty set.