Re: Suspend() question

• Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 17:37:19 PDT
• From:
  Ian Macintosh <ian@iman.internet.co.nz>
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• In-Reply-To: <9508222314.AA07415@rabi.ucdavis.edu>

On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, Braden Pellett wrote:

>   My question is:  Is it possible to make a suspend function that would
> suspend for less than a second?

Yes, and no.  You can suspend(0), but I guess that what you actually mean 
is can you suspend for a fraction of a second.

The answer to that is no.  The granularity of the timer is in seconds, so 
you can only suspend in multiples of that.

Regards,

Ian.

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