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Subject: Re: numbers don't lie ...
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Gary Corcoran <gcorcoran@rcn.com> writes:
> The confusing thing is that I thought 'real' time should be >=3D 'user' +=
 'sys'.
> But here 'user' is much greater than 'real' for both machines!  The sense=
 I
> got from the other messages in this thread is that 'user' time is somewhat
> meaningless (i.e. unreliable as a measure) in a multi-CPU and/or hyperthr=
eading
> environment.  Can you clarify?

real >=3D (user + sys) * ncpu

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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no