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  1.     id m0tv4li-0007q4a; Fri, 8 Mar 96 09:11 MST
  2. Sender: owner-executor
  3. Received: from gwar.ardi.com by ftp.ardi.com with bsmtp
  4.     (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0tv4l4-0007q2C; Fri, 8 Mar 96 09:11 MST
  5. Received: by gwar.ardi.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #3)
  6.     id m0tv4k4-000GOKC; Fri, 8 Mar 96 09:10 MST
  7. Message-Id: <m0tv4k4-000GOKC@gwar.ardi.com>
  8. Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 09:10 MST
  9. From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter)
  10. To: Calvin Smith <hawk@inf.net>
  11. Cc: executor@ardi.com
  12. Subject: RE: executor & windows95
  13. In-Reply-To: <199603091507.JAA03527@source.inf.net>
  14. References: <199603091507.JAA03527@source.inf.net>
  15. Sender: owner-executor@ardi.com
  16. Precedence: bulk
  17.  
  18. >>>>> "Calvin" == Calvin Smith <hawk@inf.net> writes:
  19.  
  20.     Calvin> I think that using -oldtimer will give you a less acurate
  21.     Calvin> timer so when you do this you can't trust spedomter to
  22.     Calvin> give you accurate resaults.
  23.  
  24. "-oldtimer" has less resolution (54.9 ms vs. 16.7 ms), so it won't be
  25. able to time very brief events as accurately.  For events that take a
  26. reasonable amount of time (so the timer resolution difference isn't
  27. important) the numbers should be basically correct.
  28.  
  29. -Mat
  30.  
  31.