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Re: Delay()

• Posted by jiri babor <jbabor at PARADISE.NET.NZ> Aug 15, 1998
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A very good point, Mathew. I have already amended the pause() routine in my
little box of tricks. jiri

-----Original Message-----
From: Mathew Hounsell <mat.hounsell at MAILEXCITE.COM>
To: EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu
<EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 15, 1998 8:31 PM
Subject: Delay()


>Alan(?) Coded :
>procedure Delay(atom seconds)
>atom now
>
>  now = time()
>  while (time() - now) < seconds do
>  end while
>end procedure
>
>However this is more accurate :
>
>procedure Delay(atom seconds)
>atom until
>
>  until = time() + seconds
>  while time() < until do
>  end while
>end procedure
>
>Why? Well the first version of delay is doing a function call, a load, a
calculation and then a comparison each time.
>But calculations take time.
>The second code does the calculation once. It then only does the function
call and comparison each time.
>
>The later is logically quicker. However it is all relative as no *human*
would percieve it.
>A machine might.
>
>-----
>Sincerely,
>Mathew Hounsell
>Mat.Hounsell at Mailexcite.Com
>
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