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Computers are fast. 100ms is eons for things that just run on CPU. With a 2ghz computer, you can count from 1 to almost a billion. That's a billion little steps
by nojvek 9y ago
Computers are fast. 100ms is eons for things that just run on CPU. With a 2ghz computer, you can count from 1 to almost a billion. That's a billion little steps that can happen in the blank of an eye.
- Skunkleton 9y agoThe issue is that there are a bunch of steps that are polled (usb), or that require many context switches/interactions with the scheduler. All of this adds significant latency, regardless of the throughput of the CPU.