Millisecond timers

[John F. Haugh II]

In article <2017 at island.uu.net> hue at island.uu.net (Jon "Outta my way - I'm going windsurfing" Hue) writes:
>Last time I used AIX V3, select() and poll() rounded to the second, only
>setitimer had finer resolution.  IBM says the PS/2 won't be getting V3,
>so I guess this doesn't matter to you, but it might be a rude suprise
>for RS/6000 users.

If you are actually seeing second resolution on the select() system
call in AIX V3, please contact your IBM account body and complain.
I've seen strange behavior in the past (a long time ago), but not
anything wierd recently.  Details?  Test case?
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