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"How long does my C++ code take to run?"

The Boost Timer library answers that question and does so portably, with as little as one #include and one additional line of code.

The Boost Timer library has two distinct sets of components:

CPU timers

These version 2 components conform to current Boost practice:

Original timers

These version 1 components are deprecated. They date from the earliest days of Boost and do not conform to current Boost practice:


Revised: 07 October 2011

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