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- From: tholen@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen)
- Subject: Re: elapsed time
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.001733.17047@news.Hawaii.Edu>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 00:17:33 GMT
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- Mike Bandy writes:
-
- >> hi.
- >> Does anyone know what the time functions are in fortran?
- >> I want to know the elasped time when I run the program.
- >> Thanks in advance.
-
- > You'll have to look at the system services offered by the operating
- > system under which your program runs. Fortran, unlike C, does
- > not a standard portfolio of common system services.
-
- Which is one reason why I like OS/2. The API offers a standard
- portfolio of common system services. All the compiler has to do
- is provide hooks into the API. And in those cases where the
- library provides a routine that duplicates one in the API, I
- have found the API version to be much faster (like getting the
- date and time).
-