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  2. From: michael@heap.incubus.sub.org (Michael Herold)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: Arexx question
  5. Message-ID: <HTsgs*kb0@heap.incubus.sub.org>
  6. Date: 8 Jan 93 22:23:23 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan7.071959.4572@sol.UVic.CA>
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  13. In article <1993Jan7.071959.4572@sol.UVic.CA>, Aaron  Ramsey writes:
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  15.  >I have a simple question about Arexx... I want for my Arexx program to
  16.  >sit and wait for say 3 minutes or so, and then continue on with the program.
  17.  >How do I get ARexx to do that without~r using up much processor time?
  18.  >The loop that I tried didn't work too hot.  8-)  There must be a command
  19.  >that does this??? Anybody?  Thanks.
  20.  
  21. You *can* use the function DELAY() in the rexxsupport.library. DELAY(Tick)
  22. puts then process for Ticks/50 seconds in the waitstate, but this routine
  23. isn't suitable for *exact* timeloops. 
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