Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.datemas.de!rt.uk.eu.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: single instance Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:52:16 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 22 Message-ID: <0bbff81phl4vtc8qqd7lenqtrebr78kvpm@4ax.com> References: <50e8eb1f$0$284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <50f6f198$0$285$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: K2Qzzs3EAqXk5RLzfhxcSw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21470 On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:14:14 -0800, Knute Johnson wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >At least on my version of Windows, it was much finer. Timer Resolution Resolution Platform 55 ms Windows 95/98 10 ms Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP single processor 15.625 ms Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP dual processor 1 or 15.625 ms Vista. 1 only if you sleep between calls to currentTimeMillis. I kid you not. ? Windows 7. 1 ms Mac OS X -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law