I have kind of a nit picky question.
Do I have to measure the total program run time or just the time it takes to actually count the numbers?
I have kind of a nit picky question.
Do I have to measure the total program run time or just the time it takes to actually count the numbers?
Time it takes to output the numbers to a file.
Um, not quite, few are doing that, I can tell by the times (unless some one is running a raid array with some super fast SAS drives or those ramdisks, at least for those times under 1sec for 1M). The test is not seeing how long it takes to write to a file but how long it takes to generate the numbers in a retrievable manner. See the official rules:
So, I could write to a variable and that would count? Does it have to print them out afterwards?
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If we are sending the source to XcOM to run, he should be able to verify that it isn't doing a 1, 2 skip a few sort of thing.
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Just for the hell of it I wrote a 3 line piece of PHP code that would output the numbers to your browser. It's slow as sin if you lack a T1 connection, but it was interesting to see none the less.
I want to do this in VB 6.0, but I can't since I run a 64 bit system and lack the install for it. I might write it at school where they have VB 6 on all the computers.
I can give you a portable VB6 program that will work for all intents and purposes. PM for it if you want it.
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TBCS doesn't condone copyright infringment and you are walking on very ice trace with that remark.
and to clarafy the rules, your program dosen't have to write a file, just display the numbers in some form, even if it runs through them as it counts, this is just to make my life easier when checking the programs to ensure your not cheating.