Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 05:55 PM 6/11/2003 -0500, Lee Chin wrote:
> In fact, compiled on my system, the loop as written does introduce just > about a 1 second delay (30 iterations take 29 seconds, timed crudely > with a wristwatch ... just right, since the initial printf() happens > before the first loop run).
Who needs a wristwatch when you're running on unix.
time the_command
will give you much more accurate timings than you could ever get with a wristwatch.
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