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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:19:15 +0000
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> I don't think there is a streight way to speed-up the default 
> unix time resolution, which is, as far as i know, in 
> microseconds.

On i386 (and possibly amd64) platforms you can use the
RDTSC instruction to get a direct measure of processor
cycles elapsed.

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