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BrianG <briang000@gmail.com> writes:

>> Arguably, CPU_Time is misnamed, because it is *not*
>> some sort of time type.
> Then the package is misnamed too - How is "Execution_Time" not a time?

A 'time type'
[http://www.adaic.com/resources/add_content/standards/05rm/html/RM-9-6.html]
(6) can be used as the argument for a delay statement. Wouldn't make a
lot of sense for an execution time! (well, perhaps one could think of
some obscure use ...)

I see the standards have moved, time to update my bookmarks!