Re: More accurate time feedback

[Andrew Agno <agno@AI.SRI.COM>]

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.