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- From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu (Bruce Carter)
- Subject: Re: Help! I need the time in my stack
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.221736.16586@guinness.idbsu.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:17:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.151650.12038@newshost.lanl.gov> davids@gardener.lanl.gov
- (David G. Simmons) writes:
- >The ticks are probably not the best unit of measure here, since, if I am
- >not mistaken, tickas are *roughly* clock cycles, and can vary quite
- >substatially, depending on what the machine is being asked to do.
- >Using the seconds would be much easier and more reliable. (of course,
- >if I am mistaken, I trust the net.wisdom to correct my erring ways ;-)
-
- Ticks are simply 1/60 of a second. Ticks and seconds get their information
- from the same place, so neither is likely to be any better than the other.
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