Re: Nearest Common Ancestor Report (XDb1's $1000 Challenge)

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_mail.ocis.net>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:01:43 -0700
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Hugo Kornelis <hugo_at_pe_NO_rFact.in_SPAM_fo> wrote:

[snip]

>The elapsed time reported by SET STATISTICS TIME is close to the elapsed
>time I calculated by comparing start and end time, but there should have
>been no difference at all (reported elapsed: 1106144 ms; my calculation
>says 18:47:413 or 1127413 ms - a 21 sec difference!). The cpu time
>reported by SET STATISTICS TIME is 939797 ms, so it looks as if there's
>little time lost while waiting.

     What about the possibility of round-off error?

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Received on Wed May 26 2004 - 04:01:43 CEST

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