load average on Xenix

[William E. Davidsen Jr]

In article <713 at sysco> abs at sco.COM (Amy Snader) writes:
| The three numbers in avenrun are the 1, 5, and 15 minute load
| averages.  The load average figures are updated every 5 seconds. 
| These three shorts are being used
| as pseudo-floating point numbers, with 8 bits to the left of the
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| decimal point, 8 bits to the right.

Excuse me? They are called fixed-point numbers, and are in no way
related to floating point, pseudo or otherwise.
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	- bill davidsen (davidsen at crdgw1.uucp)
	GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8, KW-C206; Schenectady NY 12345