On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> One simple way to do that: Run the exact same test many times (say,
> 10 000 or so) on the same machine, and then compute the average of all
> the durations.
>
> Do the same for each different program, and then you may have more
> meaningfully comparable measurements.

And also find the minimum and maximum durations, too. Averages don't
always tell the whole story.

ChrisA
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