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Re: time waits

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> May 19, 2001
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On 19 May 2001, at 17:07, Ted Fines wrote:

> 
> sleep(nn) will do it.  I've wondered just how much CPU time sleeping takes
> up...Anyone know?

Thanks, Ted, i dropped in sleep(10) and cpu useage dropped from 80% 
average to 1% on average! I *did* check the Eu help docs for time(r)-related 
words too, and they didn't come up with sleep().

Kat
 
> Below is the description.  Good luck!
> --Ted
> 
> sleep
> Syntax: include misc.e
> sleep(i)
> Description: Suspend execution for i seconds.
> Comments: On WIN32 and Linux, the operating system will suspend your 
> process and schedule other processes. On DOS32, your program will go into a
> busy
> loop for i seconds, during which time other processes may run, but they will
> compete with your process for the CPU. Example:
>  puts(1, "Waiting 15 seconds...\n")
> sleep(15)
> puts(1, "Done.\n")
> 
> 
> 
> --On Saturday, May 19, 2001 5:03 PM -0500 Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> > In windoze, is it possible to do something other than this:
> >
> > time1 = time()
> >  --wait 60 seconds
> > while time() < time1+60 do end while
> >
> > to pause 60 seconds? That code is actually using cpu cycles, and i'd
> > prefer  to:
> >
> > pause(60)
> >
> > and to not use the cpu, and have windoze wake up the program at the
> > following line in 60 seconds. I looked in the archives for "pause",
> > "wait", and   "delay", but got no matches. Any thoughts? The only thing i
> > can
> > come up  with is loop it thru mirc and use mirc's timers. Or is the answer
> > buried  somewhere in timer.exw? By the way, it says winmain takes two
> > arguements, so i argued with it twice, but it won't stop saying that, no
> > matter  how much i argue at it. Must i use a winmain window if all i want is
> > a
> > timer?
> >
> > Kat
> >