Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 21:39:13 -0500 From: chris@tourneyland.com To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time measurement in Java Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19991007213913.00857ec0@mail.9netave.net> In-Reply-To: <199910072357.QAA88501@bubba.whistle.com> References: <199910071614.KAA00139@mt.sri.com>
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>System.currentTimeMillis() returns time in milliseconds (obviously). >I don't think there's any point in measuring time any more precisely, >because of the slowness and variances in the execution of Java itself. >More precision would be 'false precision' I think.. This is perpetuating a common misconception of Java, that Java is in some way 'limited'. Java is only as limited as its implementations - and in fact, it's not even that limited, since there's always the possibility of native code. So here's a better (or at least more complete) answer - the JDK itself offers no methods for getting more precise time than milliseconds, but there maybe be a native code library or two that allow you to do better on FreeBSD. If there are not, it's not to hard to write your own. Good luck, Chris > >-Archie > >___________________________________________________________________________ >Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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