#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

int stringLength (const char *str)
{
    int len;

    for (len = 0; str[len] != 0; len++)
    {
	// this space intensionally left blank
    }

    return len;
}

int
main()
{
    const char *longstring = "Dies ist ein sehr langer String, zumindest im Verhältnis zu Hello World!";

    for (long long k = 0; k < 100000000; k++)
    {
	stringLength (longstring);
	//strlen (longstring);
    }
    //printf ("%d\n", stringLength (longstring));
}