java - speed of comparing large vs small numbers with addition or subtraction

Question

Which of the following operations is faster? ( I am looking for a computer-science/theoretical explanation)

boolean value = System.currentTimeMillis() - myTime > TEN_HOURS;

or

boolean value = System.currentTimeMillis()  >  myTime + TEN_HOURS;

Answer 1

只是为了好玩，这里有一个你可以自己运行的快速测试：

public class StrangeComparison {

    private static final long TEN_HOURS = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 10; // milliseconds -> seconds -> minutes -> hours -> ten

    private static final int NUM_COMPARISONS = 10000000;

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        long myTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - (TEN_HOURS / 2);

        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COMPARISONS; i++) {
            boolean theValue = System.currentTimeMillis() - myTime > TEN_HOURS;
        }
        System.out.println("Took " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) + "ms for Comparison #1");

        startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_COMPARISONS; i++) {
            boolean theValue = System.currentTimeMillis() > TEN_HOURS + myTime;
        }
        System.out.println("Took " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) + "ms for Comparison #2");

    }
}

结果输出：

Took 401ms for Comparison #1
Took 400ms for Comparison #2