<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine --> <!--X-From-R13: f001tzhNabin.jevtug.rqh --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 06:30:47 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.PMDF.3.95.980722091046.541219126A-100000#nova,wright.edu --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 35B54C79.13E4077#ee,uwa.edu.au --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Eng</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00304.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00306.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00300.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00311.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00305">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00305">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00305">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</A></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:28:54 -0400 (EDT)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Joel Kelso wrote: > s001gmu#nova,wright.edu wrote: > > > so, yes, it is 'tick-based', but only inasmuch as the computer is tick > > based. I don't impose any artificial ticks on top of the system ticker. > > :) I do allow for the definition of a GRAIN, but that is only for > > shorthand. It gets a bit cumbersome to schedule an event to go off in one > > week of real time if you have to measure it down to the nanosecond. The > > Grain is just an int multiplied to the offset before it is added to the > > current time: > > > > t += offset * GRAIN; > > Hey, this might be obvious, but how do you get a system clock milliseconds > or microseconds (nanoseconds ?) in Unix ? Is there a POSIX standard > function for this ? There are two functions, gettimeofday() and clock_gettime(). gettimeofday() uses seconds and microseconds, clock_gettime() uses seconds and nanoseconds. I can't recall which one I used, but I remember there being trouble with one of them on my linux box. I do not believe they are POSIX (their man pages mention nothing about POSIX), but they are MT-safe. -Greg </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Joel Kelso <joel#ee,uwa.edu.au></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00304.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: WIRED: Kilers have more fun</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00306.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Login and Accounts</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00300.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00311.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00305"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00305"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00269" HREF="msg00269.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Mon 20 Jul 1998, 15:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</a>, Mon 20 Jul 1998, 21:51 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00277" HREF="msg00277.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 21 Jul 1998, 13:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, Joel Kelso <a href="mailto:joel#ee,uwa.edu.au">joel#ee,uwa.edu.au</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 02:21 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00305" HREF="msg00305.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 13:30 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00311" HREF="msg00311.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 17:54 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00317" HREF="msg00317.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 20:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00275" HREF="msg00275.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, Todd Lair <a href="mailto:tlair#mailzone,com">tlair#mailzone,com</a>, Tue 21 Jul 1998, 02:44 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00276" HREF="msg00276.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [CODE] [LANGUAGE/PLATFORM SPECIFIC] My Event Engine</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Tue 21 Jul 1998, 13:29 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>