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Article #3770Re: INTUITICKS
From: Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard ...
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 1990 19:15
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 1990 19:15
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In article <136398@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes: Intuiticks are useful as a "kicker" for a program that doesn't want to be MT unfriendly. Chuck missed my favorite use for INTUITICKS: as a timer for a "waiting" indicator when the program is waiting for you to do something. For example, The Art Of Go blinks (if enabled) the last stone it played while waiting for you to make a play, and uses intuiticks as a timer for that. It's crude, the timing is incredibly innaccurate, but it's good enough for this and I don't chew up more resources just for an accurate timer I don't need. <mike -- Love and affection, Mike Meyer Of the corporate kind. mwm@relay.pa.dec.com It's just belly to belly, decwrl!mwm Never eye to eye.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!decwrl!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: INTUITICKS Message-ID: <MWM.90Jun4121524@raven.pa.dec.com> Date: 4 Jun 90 19:15:24 GMT References: <9151@rouge.usl.edu> <136398@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 20 In-reply-to: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 30 May 90 19:11:29 GMT