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Re: Add sleep builtin

From Clint Hepner <clint.hepner@gmail.com>
Newsgroups gnu.bash.bug
Subject Re: Add sleep builtin
Date 2018-08-19 12:26 -0400
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> On Aug 19, 2018, at 10:25 AM, konsolebox <konsolebox@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chet,
> 
> The sleep command is often used in loops and using the external sleep
> is expensive.  

Expensive is relative, as the time spent actually sleeping probably dwarfs the startup time. If not, you probably want to find an alternative to polling anyway.

Clint

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Re: Add sleep builtin Clint Hepner <clint.hepner@gmail.com> - 2018-08-19 12:26 -0400

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