using System;

namespace Assistance {

	public class Timer {

		public static readonly long frequency = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.Frequency;

		public static readonly double step = 1.0/(double)frequency;

   		private static readonly System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch instance = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();

   		static Timer() { instance.Start(); }

   		public static long ticks()

   			{ return instance.ElapsedTicks; }

	}

}