Re: Change to time() fn?

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From: Fergus James HENDERSON
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 08:41

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greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney) writes:

>alpha@waggen.twuug.com (Joe Wright) writes:
>>Please remember that floats (and doubles) are approximates.
>>The value of time_t must be precise.  We don't like a value
>>which says 'it's almost 5 o'clock'.  Precision requires
>>time_t to be an integer.
>
>But time is a continuum; it is not discrete.

Do you have any evidence to support this assertion?

People thought the same thing about water for a long time.

(Follow-ups might be better off directed to sci.physics :-)

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