Re: sleep() in Windows

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From: Marco Papa
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1989 19:08

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In article <865@rna.UUCP> dan@rna.UUCP (The Dan of all vices) writes:
|In article <21446@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
||Does anybody have a "quick and dirty" UNIX-like sleep() for Windows?
||If that is not the case, what would be the best way to do it? I.e.:
||1. Using the timer device
|
|	Below is my quick and real-dirty sleep() which I use in regular
|MSC. Love to see a better one that really is friendlier and have it
|really make a difference. Most DOS programs seem to busy-wait anyways.

Busy-wait is a no-no in MS-Windows.  I've already done it using technique
no. 1 and it works like a champ.  If I have some time, maybe I'll post it.

-- Marco
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Subject: Re: sleep() in Windows
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