time.sleep(1) sometimes runs for 200 seconds under windows

Magnus Lycka lycka at carmen.se
Mon Feb 27 11:33:14 EST 2006


Peter Hansen wrote:
> Magnus Lycka wrote:
> 
>> With an operating system such as Windows, this is
>> probably something you can expect to happen, although
>> I'm surprised if such long lag times as 200 s are typical.
> 
> No way.  I mean, I'm the biggest critic of Windows operating systems 
> when used in realtime environments (at least with my customers), but 
> there's no way you should "probably expect a 200s delay to happen".

You know Peter, quotations are typically used when you actually
quote someone, not when you make your own interpretation of what
they meant.

If I write that it would surprise me if you are often hit by
meteorites, would the quote then be "you'll probably get hit
by meteorites"?



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