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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.
>
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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.


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