What's faster: (a - b).Length or a.DistanceTo(b)?

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How do I even calculate time?

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Iā€™d get a reliable clock.

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DistanceTo seems to be tiny little bit faster (on rhino 6).
Even it it was vice versa, I would still use DistanceTo, as it is more readable.

import Rhino
import time

pt1 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(10,20,0)
pt2 = Rhino.Geometry.Point3d(200,100,0)


t1 = time.time()

for i in xrange(100000):
    dist1 = (pt2-pt1).Length

t2 = time.time()

for i in xrange(100000):
    dist2 = pt1.DistanceTo(pt2)

t3 = time.time()


print ("t2: ", t2-t1)
print ("t3: ", t3-t2)
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