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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Third try: timing the run time of algorithms PLEASE HELP!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.014910.4771@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <4364@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:49:10 GMT
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- In article <4364@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU> rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
- >Well, this will be my third try for help on this topic. What I need
- >to do is get the actual CPU time for an algorithm. The clock() call
- >that is in gcc gives the real time between calls and I need the actual
- >cpu time. From a few sources, I have determined that OS/2 does keep
- >track of the processor time on a thread by thread basis (see The
- >Design of OS/2 for reference). Since it is kept track of, I think
- >there must be a way of accessing it. Are there any IBMers out there
- >who can help with some system call that will give this to me??? If
- >I cannot find this, I will have to switch over to DOS to compile, run,
- >and time my programs. PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THIS FATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- Funny you should ask...
-
- IBM's SPM/2 2.0 (System Performance Monitor) was just released, and it
- may be what you are looking for. Ask about it.
-
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