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From: wls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Use of 4.2 select(2) call for sub-second sleeps
Message-ID: <714@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 01:10:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 20 01:10:56 1986
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Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics
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In article <109@artecon.UUCP> jim@artecon.UUCP (Jim Wang) writes:
>Is there any reason why the select(2) system call on 4.2bsd
>systems can't be used for a quick and dirty (QND) sub-second
>sleep?  Granted that it is not portable to non-Berkeley, but in
>cases where that is not a consideration, it has a few advantages:

It's what is used for sub-second sleeps here.
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Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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