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object Http {
  def get(url: String): Array[Byte] = ...
}

Http.get("http://scala-tools.org/")

object Time {
  def apply[T](action: => T): (T, Long) = ...
  def elapsed(action: => Unit): Long = ...
}

val (response, ms) = Time(Http.get("http://scala-blogs.org/"))
val ms = Time.elapsed(Http.get("http://scala-tools.org/"))

def repeat[T](n: Int)(what: => T): List[T] = ...

repeat(5) {
  println(Time.elapsed(Http.get("http://scala-blogs.org/")))
}

val randomInts: List[Int] = repeat(10)(random.nextInt)

val latencies: List[Long] =
  repeat(1000)(Time.elapsed(Http.get("http://scala-blogs.org/")))

val (latencies, totalTime) =
  Time(repeat(1000)(Time.elapsed(Http.get("http://scala-blogs.org/")))

def repeatParallel[T](n: Int)(what: => T): List[T] =
  repeat(n)(scala.actors.Futures.future(what)).map(_.apply)

def url = ... // randomly generated url
def timedRequest = (Time elapsed (Http get url))

repeat(5) {
  val (latencies, ms) = Time(repeatParallel(1000)(timedRequest))
  report(latencies, ms)
}