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Running Time

Calling Sequences:
rtime()
rtime(
expr)
Parameters:
expr : an expression

Returns: real

Synopsis: This function returns the total CPU time taken to evaluate the expression expr. When no expression is passed, it returns the number of second since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970.

Examples:

> rtime(log10(factorial(100)));




Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15