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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In message <8629.1004132053@critter.freebsd.dk>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes:

Damn, signbug:


>[
>
>For the record: 
>
>I spent the better part of a two years on making FreeBSD the first
>UNIX to truly deal with nanoseconds and the first platform where NTP
>could work in nanoseconds, so I happen to think that I know something
>about this subject.
>
>I'm not going to ignore Matt on this subject until he comes to his

s/not //

>senses or at least calms down to the point where he spends more than
>3 seconds on an email before replying to it.
>
>Obviously my silence should not be interpreted to mean that I 
>have been convinced by and agree with Matt.
>
>I maintain my recommandation on 64.64 binary timestamps as our
>fundamental representation.
>
>]
>
>
>
>-- 
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