Use of 4.2 select(2) call for sub-second sleeps

[William L. Sebok]

In article <109 at artecon.UUCP> jim at artecon.UUCP (Jim Wang) writes:
>Is there any reason why the select(2) system call on 4.2bsd
>systems can't be used for a quick and dirty (QND) sub-second
>sleep?  Granted that it is not portable to non-Berkeley, but in
>cases where that is not a consideration, it has a few advantages:

It's what is used for sub-second sleeps here.
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Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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