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How strange. Why didn't they use a timer? That is, on any machine you know how long 1 second is. From a developer perspective that doesn't change if you bump up
by 72deluxe 12y ago
How strange. Why didn't they use a timer? That is, on any machine you know how long 1 second is. From a developer perspective that doesn't change if you bump up the CPU clock speed, else "clocks" wouldn't work.
- raverbashing 12y agoLoop counting is usually done for fast (and not so time dependent) timers Yeah, an OS timer is the "official" solution, but that might not have been practical for a multitude of reasons