Date:         Thu, 17 Oct 1996 12:13:13 -0500
Reply-To:     ROBERT.DAVIS@CCMAIL.ARNOLD.AF.MIL
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         ROBERT.DAVIS@CCMAIL.ARNOLD.AF.MIL
Subject:      Re: Help a 9-Year Old in Science Fair

     From:      Robert F. Davis
                Sverdrup Technology /AEDC group
                Arnold Air Force Base, TN. 37389-1300
                Voice:  (615)454-5924
                Fax:    (615)454-7741
                Email:  davisrf@hap.arnold.af.mil
 
 
     BUDBDL wrote:
     >
     > Benevolent SAS Users ---
     >
     > My son, Tim, would like to find the "fastest computer in the world"
     >for
     > his Science Fair.  I suggested a simple SAS datastep that would
     >record the > time, count to say 10,000,000 and record the time.  The
     >results could be
     > E-mailed to him via Internet.
     >
     > At this time I'm a lookin' for:
     >
     > 1)  Willing volunteers distributed both among the U.S. as well as
     >abroad. >
     > 2)  Simple, run anywhere w/ basic SAS, data step code suggestions.
     >We're > looking to run on TSO, MVS, Unix, PC ... just about anything.
     >
     > 3)  Participants and suggestors will receive absolutely nothing in
     >return, > other than the satisfaction of having helped a bright,
     >energetic 9-year
     > old boy learn something important about the generosity of the
     >internet > community.
     >
     > P.S.  Please keep code suggestions very short and simple, as
     >participants > will have to likely rekey everything themselves.
     >
     > Thanking you all in advance.
     >
     > BUDBDL@AOL.COM
     > Alan
     > Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
     > St. Louis, Missouri
 
     Alan -
 
        It should be noted that any program that collects time stamps at
     beginning and end will also include system overhead and task queue
     times.  The same program run on the same computer at different times
     of the day will result in different times because of system loading
     conditions.