cpuConstant
Yes with Turbo Boost, CPU speed is not constant ;) And I think every new CPU should have something like that.
I would expect the cpuConstant go lower as turbo kicks in. But my first run usually gives lower number (faster speed), and consequent executions typically but not always are longer/slower.
In either case it is a problem. Recall recently discussed ThreadDeath issue.
Do you relay highly on GC? I mean do you create objects in loops? If the speed gets slower, I can only guess that would be GC.
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Robocode gives robots extra time at the beginning of a round. In addition, most of this time is probably taken away by one-time setup and initialization code, making your calculated CPU constant longer than it should be.
Ok. I see why skipped turn event is not fired. But the wildly fluctuating cpu constants is still under the question. The cpu constant calculation is done within one call: it just long loop with heavy math.
Unless GC kicks in at random I see no explanation for it. The problem that it probably does it during the round as well, since I see wildly fluctuating timing in my profiler.
