Compilation performance comparison of gcc3.4.1 and gcc3.5.0 2004-08-30 on MICO sources

[Mike Stump]

On Aug 31, 2004, at 3:49 AM, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> This may also just be noise.  Some passes run so fast that the
> time vars are not accurate enough to record it.

We at apple use ~10ns clocks to record times...  works better...  Only 
problem, getting user/sys time out of the kernel into user space, so 
that merely grabbing time isn't costly.  :-(  Not really a problem, as 
wall is the only thing you can trust, and what matters the most anyway.