]> Richard Jones wrote: > If you're using a Pentium-class machine, then a nice trick is to wrap > the RDTSC assembly instruction and call that. It returns number of > clock cycles elapsed (a 64 bit number IIRC). Here's some code to get > you started: This looks like complete nonsense to me. This will neither distinguish user and system mode execution times. Even worse, clock cycles will not have any meaning if the operating system chooses to perform a task switch while the profiled function is executed. It is for such reasons that Unix systems have an getrusage call. Regards Wolfgang ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners