Timing code in Java
For timing your code in Java you can use method currentTimeMillis() of
class System
(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/lang/System.html)
By reading current time "before and after" and then computing the
difference you will see how long it took in milliseconds to execute the
portion of the code. This will be absolute time and is fine for the
purpose of this excecise. You may also choose to use your operating system
means to record CPU time.
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