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- From: chris@chrism.demon.co.uk (Chris Marriott)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!chrism.demon.co.uk!chris
- Subject: Re: function TIMING in Windows: HELP
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- References: <1993Jan11.135908.11287@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:35:54 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan11.135908.11287@doug.cae.wisc.edu> ahrikenc@hprisc-12.cae.wisc.edu writes:
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- >
- >Is there any way I can time an algorithm that is part of a Windows
- >application? For example, Unix allows finding the CPU time spent
- >specifically on executing a given set of instructions.
- >
- >In Windows, I used the gettime function and computed the difference
- >of the times at two points, and I get different results at different
- >times, for the same points, the same data; I believe this is due to
- >the fact that Windows continuously executes other tasks in the
- >background, which explains the difference in the results.
- >
- >Please help!
- >
- >
- >
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- What you need is a good profiling tool. This will show you the time
- spent in the various parts of the application. A very good one comes
- with Microsoft C++, and I believe you get one with Borland C++, too.
-
- Chris
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