Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:22:23 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64 bit times revisited.. Message-ID: <2953.1004113343@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:34:33 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110261032480.10928-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110261032480.10928-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>, Ju lian Elischer writes: >ok, so take 2 bits. >that leaves you with 30 bits (1 nanosecond) resolution... >or to be compatible... take it from the top 2 bits.. >that leaves us with 400 years either way.. enough I'd say.. >for file access times.. I happen to think that such micro-optimizations turn out to be much more trouble than they are worth. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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