Re: science fair project

[Mark Neidorff <mark neidorff com>]

Problem is under linux you don't know what other processes might be
running at any given time.  These will affect the timing that you are
trying to measure.  Unfortunately, there is no easy and accurate answer.

Mark

On 1 Jan 2002, Brandon Hale wrote:

> Hey all.
> 
> Im currently working on my high school science project and am hoping
> someone can help me out. Here's the project overview:
> 
> I am building a simple web application in several languages (PHP, JSP,
> Perl and ColdFusion).  It takes data from MySQL, builds an HTML doument
> from it, and sends it off to Apache.  The idea is to see which language
> is fastest.
> 
> The problem I have is the timing.  I need to get an accurate time
> between the HTTP request is sent, and the time the first HTTP response
> headers start coming back.  This way I can compare the times to see
> which language adds the most execution time.
> 
> Anyone have an idea how to implement this? I'm thinking a simple Perl
> script will do it, but I don't know how to go about it.  Or maybe
> someone knows of another program that will do this.
> 
> TIA,
> Brandon Hale
> 
> 
> 
> 
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