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- >>>>> "Calvin" == Calvin Smith <hawk@inf.net> writes:
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- Calvin> I think that using -oldtimer will give you a less acurate
- Calvin> timer so when you do this you can't trust spedomter to
- Calvin> give you accurate resaults.
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- "-oldtimer" has less resolution (54.9 ms vs. 16.7 ms), so it won't be
- able to time very brief events as accurately. For events that take a
- reasonable amount of time (so the timer resolution difference isn't
- important) the numbers should be basically correct.
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- -Mat
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