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Subject: Re: Ada, games and frame rate calculation
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Stephen Leake wrote:

>    Frame_Time : Time_Span := To_Time_Span (0.0333); 

Only 3 sig digits? I'd do something like

Frame_Length : constant := 1.0 / 30.0; -- Maximal precision

Frame_Time : constant Time_Span := To_Time_Span (Frame_Length);

GNAT, IIRC, has an accuracy of 1 ns, so 0.0333 is going to be a lot 
different than 1.0 / 30.0.

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