Re: interpreting the fractional portion of time.clock() vs time.time() measurements

2006-02-21 Thread Peter Hansen
john peter wrote: > > let's say i'm taking timing measurements in Windows XP > > t1 = time.clock() > ... > t2 = time.clock() > > t3 = t2 - t1 = say, 0.018 > what is the unit of measurement for t3? is it correct to say that t3 = > 18 milliseconds? microseconds? > > what if the timing functi

interpreting the fractional portion of time.clock() vs time.time() measurements

2006-02-21 Thread john peter
  let's say i'm taking timing measurements in Windows XP   t1 = time.clock() ... t2 = time.clock()   t3 = t2 - t1 = say, 0.018what is the unit of measurement for t3? is it correct to say that t3 = 18 milliseconds? microseconds?  what if the ti