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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Duration vs. Ada.Real_Time
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 00:13:58 GMT
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In article <3A71E4F6.6D7015AD@acm.org>,
  Marin David Condic <mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org> wrote:

> I would think that a reasonable implementation of Ada for
> realtime systems would want to insure that the precision had
> some relationship to the accuracy of the clock available.

Why do you think that?

The RM contains no encouragement for this thought!

Duration is used for other things besides the delay statement.

And also, programs do various calculations with Duration, if
there is more precision, these calculations are more accurate.


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