public void MeasureIncreasingDoublingLoop()
        {

            UT_INIT();

            Log.SetVerbosity( new ConsoleLogger(), Verbosity.Verbose, "/" );
            Log.MapThreadName( "UnitTest" );
            Log.SetDomain( "TickWatch", Scope.Method );

            Log.Info( "This test shows quite nicely, how the just in time compiler steps in when we are looping heavily!" );

            String testString= "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#";
            AString testAString= new AString( testString );

            TickWatch ttString= new TickWatch();
            TickWatch ttAString= new TickWatch();
            for (int run= 4; run < 20; run++ )
            {
                int qtyLoops= (run == 0)  ? 0 : (1 << (run -1));

                // use String.IndexOf()
                ttString.Reset();
                    int nonOptimizableUsedResultValue= 0;
                    for (int i= 0; i < qtyLoops; i++ )
                        nonOptimizableUsedResultValue+= testString.IndexOf( '#' );
                Ticks sSample= ttString.Sample();


                // use AString.IndexOf()
                ttAString.Reset();
                    for (int i= 0; i < qtyLoops; i++ )
                        nonOptimizableUsedResultValue+= testAString.IndexOf( '#' );
                Ticks aSample= ttAString.Sample();


                if ( nonOptimizableUsedResultValue > -1 ) // this is always true, just for the sake that the compiler does not optimize the whole code!
                    Log.Info(  Log.Buf()._( "Search loops " )     .Field()._( qtyLoops.ToString() )       .Field( 6 )
                                        ._( ":  time needed: " )  .Field()._( (int)    sSample.InNanos() ).Field( 8 )
                                        ._(  " / "  )             .Field()._( (int)    aSample.InNanos() ).Field( 8 )
                                        ._( "   Ratio String/AString: " ) ._( ((double) sSample.Raw()) / ((double) aSample.Raw()) )
                            );
            }

        }
        public void Ages()
        {
            UT_INIT();

            Log.SetVerbosity( new ConsoleLogger(), Verbosity.Verbose, "/" );
            Log.MapThreadName( "UnitTest" );
            Log.SetDomain( "TickWatch", Scope.Method );

            TickWatch tt=new TickWatch();
            // minimum time measuring
            {
                tt.Start();
                tt.Sample();
                tt.Reset(); // we need to do this once before, otherwise C# might be
                // very slow. Obviously the optimizer...
                tt.Start();
                tt.Sample();

                long ttAverageInNanos=tt.GetAverage().InNanos();
                long ttAverageInMicros=tt.GetAverage().InMicros();
                long ttAverageInMillis=tt.GetAverage().InMillis();

                Log.Info( "TickWatch minimum measurement nanos:    "    + ttAverageInNanos );
                Log.Info( "TickWatch minimum measurement micros:   "    + ttAverageInMicros );
                Log.Info( "TickWatch minimum measurement millis:   "    + ttAverageInMillis );
                UT_TRUE( ttAverageInNanos  < 5000 );
                UT_TRUE( ttAverageInMicros <= 5 );
                UT_TRUE( ttAverageInMillis == 0 );
            }

            // minimum sleep time measuring
            {
                tt.Reset();
                for (int i= 0 ; i< 100 ; i++)
                {
                    ALIB.SleepNanos( 1 );
                    tt.Sample();
                }
                Ticks avg= tt.GetAverage();
                Log.Info(  "100 probes of 1 ns of sleep leads to average sleep time of " + avg.InNanos() + " ns");
            }


            // sleep two times 20 ms and probe it to an average
            {
                tt.Reset();
                tt.Start();
                ALIB.SleepMillis( 20 );
                tt.Sample();


                ALIB.SleepMillis( 80 );

                tt.Start();
                ALIB.SleepMillis( 20 );
                tt.Sample();

                long    cnt=tt.GetSampleCnt();
                long    avg=tt.GetAverage().InMillis();
                double    hertz=tt.GetAverage().InHertz( 1 );
                Log.Info( "TickWatch sum is " + tt.GetCumulated().InMillis() + " after " + cnt + " times 20 ms sleep" );
                Log.Info( "  average is: "    + avg + " ms" );
                Log.Info( "  in Hertz:   "    + hertz );
                UT_TRUE( hertz < 53 );
                UT_TRUE( hertz > 30 ); // should work even on heavily loaded machines
                UT_EQ( 2, cnt );
                UT_TRUE( avg >= 18 );
                UT_TRUE( avg < 45 ); // should work even on heavily loaded machines
            }

            // Ticks Since
            {
                Ticks tt1= new Ticks(); tt1.FromSeconds( 1000 );
                Ticks tt2= new Ticks(); tt2.FromSeconds( 1001 );

                UT_TRUE ( tt2.Since( tt1 ).InMillis() == 1000L );
                UT_TRUE ( tt2.Since( tt1 ).InMicros() == 1000L * 1000L );
                UT_TRUE ( tt2.Since( tt1 ).InNanos () == 1000L * 1000L * 1000L );
            }
        }