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From: mouse@SHAMASH.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
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Subject: Re: XtAddTimeOut() and Timed Interrupts.
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Date: 27 Aug 90 11:19:32 GMT
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> On 386/ix, the STREAMS function poll() takes an argument in
> milliseconds, but the actual resolution is 10 msecs.  I don't know
> what the select() function uses, since I can't find any documentation
> for it.

For those without BSD documentation who are nonetheless curious:
select()'s timeout argument is given as seconds-plus-microseconds (a
structure with two long ints).  Of course, very few if any
machines/systems actually give microsecond resolution; typical actual
resolution might be 1/100 or 1/60 second.

					der Mouse

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