Dave Sherohman writes: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 06:29:39PM -0500, Ian Patrick Thomas wrote: > > to a nanosecond, using the system clock? I need to write a > > program that needs to output the time it takes various sorting > > algprithms to sort various numbers of integers. For smaller > > numbers of integers on algorithms like quicksort, and mergesort, > > I am getting 0 for the runtime. I need a function that I can call > > faster than a quicksort.) If you are required to use a small data > set, just perform more repetitions to get measurable data.
This also allows you to obtain statistics like standard deviations and confidence intervals. Andrew.
