software delays (was: LINT won't do your debugging for you)

[Steve Summit]

In article <3588 at cps3xx.UUCP> usenet at cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
>When implementing some very low level code in C under MSDOS, an if
>with a null body provides a very handy slight delay.

Pure software constructs are one of the worst ways of trying to
create real-time delays.  Among other things, when a faster
processor comes along, which ought to be an unqualified
improvement, programs stop working because the delays are no
longer long enough.

                                            Steve Summit
                                            scs at adam.pika.mit.edu