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- From: Lawrence Kirby <fred@genesis.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: gettimeofday() makes me mad !
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 96 15:18:10 GMT
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- In article <208_9602292012@dudd.uniserve.com>
- Carl@dudd.uniserve.com "Carl" writes:
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- >What about if you use a function similar to the Borland clock_t() which
- >returns the amount of clock ticks since program start. Don't clock ticks
- >happen like 18 times per second on most systems?
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- If you take the view that most systems in the world run DOS then the answer
- is yes. If you are asking whether most types of system (where DOS is just
- one type) have 18 ticks per second then the answer is an emphatic no.
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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