#include "stdio.h"
#include "stdlib.h"
#include "time.h"

//stream blocks experiment



//block structure
struct stream {
  void *data[10];
  unsigned short type[10];
  int len[10];
  //next block of data
  struct stream* next;
};

typedef struct stream stream;

stream* allocate(int amount)
{
  return (stream*)malloc(sizeof(stream) * amount);
}



int main(void) {
  int i = 200000;
clock_t start = clock(), diff;
    stream* root = (stream*)malloc(sizeof(stream));
    stream* travel = root;
    while(i--)
    {
      travel->data[0] = malloc(sizeof(int));
      travel->next = (stream*)malloc(sizeof(stream));
      travel = travel->next;
    }
diff = clock() - start;

int msec = diff * 1000 / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
printf("Time taken %d seconds %d milliseconds", msec/1000, msec%1000);
//25 ms for 2million array of integers
printf("sizeof stream = %d", sizeof(stream));
  return 0;
}