Re: fprintf vs ofstream...need help

Hi,

could someone suggest why there is a lot of difference in the time
taken for FILE* and ofstream...could someone please help this
learner
:)

       FILE* afile = fopen("C:\\filedesc.dat", "w");
       ofstream aStreamFile("c:\\streambuf.dat");

       time_t starttimefiledesc, endtimefiledesc;
       time(&starttimefiledesc);
       for(long i = 0; i < 500000; ++i)
               fprintf(afile, "%d %s %d\n", i, "The Test", i);
       time(&endtimefiledesc);

       fclose(afile);
       cout << "time taken for File Desc = " <<
difftime(endtimefiledesc,
starttimefiledesc) << endl;

       time_t starttimefstream, endtimefstream;
       time(&starttimefstream);
       for(long j = 0; j < 500000; ++j)
               aStreamFile << j << "The Test" << j <<endl;
       time(&endtimefstream);

       aStreamFile.close();
       cout << "time taken for ofstream = " <<
difftime(endtimefstream,
starttimefstream) << endl;

PS : my primary concern is the that the time taken by ofstream is
HUGE
compared to FILE*. I am *not * particular about the accuracy of the
metrics/time call I used...Its just a raw comparision....
FILE * takes 0 units
ofstream takes *10 units* - Strange!!