[Oberon] Input.Time

[Gérard Meunier]

Thanks Pieter,

Is there a way to measure true time yet?

Gérard

----- Original Message -----
From: Pieter Muller <pieter.muller at alumni.ethz.ch>
To: <oberon at inf.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Oberon] Input.Time


> Gérard Meunier wrote:
> > I've done some time measurements of program runs on Bluebottle, and I'm
not
> > sure that Input.Time() works correctly. I don't know if this fact is
> > important, but my program uses the gc a lot. I find a discrepancy of ten
> > times, more or less, between my watch (~ 60 s) and Input.Time() (6 s).
My
> > config string contains the item 'MHz="600"', which is right.
> > Any ideas ?
>
> The current garbage collector disables interrupts, so the timer won't
> run during that time.
>
> -- Pieter
>
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