Re: Nearest Common Ancestor Report (XDb1's $1000 Challenge)

From: Gene Wirchenko (genew_at_mail.ocis.net)
Date: 05/26/04

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    Hugo Kornelis <hugo@pe_NO_rFact.in_SPAM_fo> wrote:

    [snip]

    >The elapsed time reported by SET STATISTICS TIME is close to the elapsed
    >time I calculated by comparing start and end time, but there should have
    >been no difference at all (reported elapsed: 1106144 ms; my calculation
    >says 18:47:413 or 1127413 ms - a 21 sec difference!). The cpu time
    >reported by SET STATISTICS TIME is 939797 ms, so it looks as if there's
    >little time lost while waiting.

         What about the possibility of round-off error?

    [snip]

    Sincerely,

    Gene Wirchenko

    Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
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         You have biases.
         He/She has prejudices.

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