On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:44:10 -0500 Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:51:24 -0600 > Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > How does this happen? The number of operations are exactly the same (or should be). > > The number of operations in your program are the same, but > your program is running on the same machine as the linux > OS which has deamons running in the background, and may > even be stopping to page in code your program needs, or grow > pages as it allocates memory. Vast numbers of things > affect timing. Even the stupid dynamic library load address > randomization linux does can result in totally different > cache hits in memory. The list goes on and on... > > Apart from linux, most motherboards these days have SMI > interrupts happening behind everyone's back which leave > missing chunks of time no one can account for. Thank you! So, is there any way that these other processes can be separated out in the time calculations? I can not come up with definitive statements unless I can do these comparisons in a fair manner. Best wishes. Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/password-manager -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
