us_Timer in TimeStamp_(re)

Tue, 28 Oct 1997 18:49:14 +0100 (MET)

>
>So, a portable way to get fractions of a second would be a fine thing
>(micro seconds will not always be possible; under Dos, e.g., the
>resolution is 1/18.2 seconds, unless you do direct hardware manipulation)...
>

If we forget about portability for a minute, under DOS (DJGPP) there is a
libc function, uclock (), which provides (very) high-resolution timing.

Jesper Lund


Jesper Lund (jel@hha.dk)