python source benchmark

[Alex]

> I'm trying to benchmark python source with clock() function, but my
> code below returns negative value. I am not sure if my code is wrong
> or clock() is not suitable for getting CPU time... Any comment would
> help me a lot. Thanks.

I haven't used the clock function before, so I don't know whether or not
it's more appropriate, but I have always used time.time for this sort of
thing.  You should check out the profiler, too.  It's really easy to
use.

Alex.

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