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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 10:40:01 -0700
From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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> Well, I always wondered why unices do these complicated things for sleep.
> 
> Why doesn't sleep just call select with no fds?

I think it's probably just because sleep came into existence long
before select did.
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   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
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