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//2012-06-28 functionCall.c jorge@jorgechamorro.com

/*
$ gcc -O0 /Users/jorge/Desktop/functionCall.c 
$ ./a.out
without a function call: 2.789478 ns per iteration
with a function call   : 3.574004 ns per iteration

With the function call it's 28.124473 percent slower than without the function call
*/

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//2012-06-28 js_vs_c.js

var c= 0; 
var t= Date.now()+1e3;
while (c++, (now= Date.now()) < t) ;

console.log(c);

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//2012-06-28 js_vs_c.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

long long DateNow () {
    struct timeval time;
    gettimeofday(&time, NULL);
    return (long long) ((time.tv_sec*  1000000) + time.tv_usec);

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//2012-09-13 jorge@jorgechamorro.com

var ctr, i, t, k= 1e8;

function ƒ (i) { ctr+= i }
function begin () { i= k, ctr= 0; while (Date.now() === (t= Date.now())) ; }
function end (s,t) { console.log(s+ ((Date.now()- t)*1e6/k).toFixed(2)+ 'ns') }


begin();

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$ node timers.js 
setInterval(ƒ,1) -> (µs) :
 [ 1477,
  1172,
  1071,
  1084,
  1122,
  1145,
  1064,
  1062,

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//plistread.js, 2012-12-30 jorge@jorgechamorro.com

var plist= require('plist');
var shell= require('child_process').exec;
var puts= console.log;

//process.argv[0] -> "node"
//process.argv[1] -> "plistread.js"
//process.argv[2] -> inputFile
//process.argv[3..n] -> property list keys

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(function run () {
  
  //2013.09.27 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
  //Shows that node's timers are borken and often execute out of order
  
  console.log('\nBEGIN');
  var MAX= 666;
  var last= 0;
  var items= 0;
  var errores= 0;

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javascript:[].filter.call(document.getElementsByClassName("g-clTRght"), function (e) {
  return /^[0-9]+[hHmMsM]/.test(e.innerHTML);
}).forEach(function (e) {
  var r, h, p, hora, minuto, segundo;
  var txt= e.innerHTML;
  if (/^[0-9]+[hH]/.test(txt)) {
    r= /^([0-9]+)[hH] ([0-9]+)[mM]/.exec(txt);
    h= new Date(Date.now() + (r[1]*60*60*1000) + (r[2]*60*1000));
  }
  else if (/^[0-9]+[mM]/.test(txt)) {

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//2014-02-09 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
//Manipulate the stack frame return address

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>


void uno () {
 char** r= (char**) &r+2;
 while (**r != '\x90') (*r)++;

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//2014-02-09 jorge@jorgechamorro.com
//stack frame garbage

#include <stdio.h>

void uno () {
 char a[18]= "GeorgeOfTheJungle";
}

void dos () {