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namespace C_Sharp_Benchmarker
{
	class Program
	{
		private static int testIterations = 10000000;

		public static void Main(string[] args)
		{
			var t1 = Test1();
			var t2 = Test2();

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var leave = false;

while (someCondition && !leave)
{
    System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);

    Application.Current.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
    {
        if (someOtherCondition)
        {

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// M1 is 108% faster than M2.
 
public static unsafe void TestMethod1()
{
    float* samples = stackalloc float[12500]; 
 
    for (var i = 0; i < 4000; i++)
    {
        for (var ii = 0; ii < 12500; ii++)
        {

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// PFM's method.

public static unsafe void TestMethod1()
{
	float* samples = stackalloc float[12500];

	for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
	{
		for (var ii = 0; ii < 12500; ii++)
		{

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// Mark's method.

public unsafe static void TestMethod2()
{
	var ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(50000000);
	
	try
	{
		float* x = (float*)ptr;

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using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;



// WARNING: For the code below to exacute properly (without getting a SOE) this program must be
// a full-trust app; see, project properties > security > enable "ClickOnce security setting"

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// Read32BitSamples is called first.
	
	
	
private float[] Read32BitSamples(FileStream stream, int sampleStartIndex, int sampleEndIndex)
{
	var bytesLength = 0;
	var allocation = ReadBytes(stream, sampleStartIndex, sampleEndIndex, out bytesLength);
	var bytes = (byte*)allocation.Allocation;
	var samples = new float[bytesLength / 4];

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//      Copyright (C) 2014 S.Kamber.

//      This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
//      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
//      the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
//      any later version.

//      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

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//      Copyright (C) 2014 S.Kamber.

//      This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
//      it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
//      the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
//      any later version.

//      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
//      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
//      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

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private static IEnumerable<WavFileRead> GetChannels(string directory)
{
	var files = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Channels)).Cast<Channels>().Where(channel => channel != Channels.Custom && channel != Channels.Mono).Select(channel => Path.Combine(directory, channel.GetFriendlyName() + ".wav")).Where(File.Exists).Select(path => new WavFileRead(path)).ToList();

	files.AddRange(Directory.EnumerateFiles(directory).Where(fileName => fileName.Contains(Channels.Mono.GetFriendlyName()) || fileName.Contains(Channels.Custom.GetFriendlyName())).Select(file => new WavFileRead(file)));

	return files;
}