Date:         Sat, 23 Jun 2001 11:07:12 +0000
Reply-To:     Jens Manfredson <HFUOQUCSVTYY@SPAMMOTEL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jens Manfredson <HFUOQUCSVTYY@SPAMMOTEL.COM>
Organization: Nikoma Mediaworks GmbH
Subject:      Re: cpu time v8.1 vs. 8.2
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> I was trying to do a comparison on speed changes of SAS software version
> 8.1 vs. 8.2
> So I put in work a program that has many procedures, many data steps and
> many input outputs.
> By capturing the clock time I found the results were identical.
> What about cpu time? Is there any option is SAS that permits to do this
> comparison?

There are a couple of options to switch "profiling" on. Have a look at
the STIMER and STATS options. But be careful: those options influence
the performance. That means, capturing the CPU time itself needs CPU
time.

Jens