REBOL [
    Title:   "Time a Web Page"
    Date:    24-Apr-1999
    File:    %timepage.r
    Purpose: {
        Time how long it takes to fetch a web page from the net.
        (Just the HTML file, not the images.)
    }
    Category: [web net 1] 
]

start: now/time
read http://www.rebol.com
print now/time - start