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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Ada.Execution_Time
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:34:16 +0000
Date: 2010-12-27T21:34:16+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ipye99yf.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8nsa76Fj4rU1@mid.individual.net

Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> writes:

> Nonsense. I spend some part of my time asleep, some time awake. Both
> "sleeping time" and "awake time" are (pieces of) real time. A task
> spends some of its time being executed, some of its time not being
> executed (waiting or ready).

And, just to be clear, CPU_Time corresponds to the "awake time"?

I thought I understood pretty much what was intended in the execution
time annex, even if it didn't seem to have much relevance to my work,
but this discussion has managed to confuse me thoroughly.

A minor aside -- as a user, I find the use of Time_Span here and in
Ada.Real_Time very annoying. It's perfectly clear that what's meant is
Duration.



  reply	other threads:[~2010-12-27 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-12-12  4:19 Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-12  5:27 ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-12 16:56 ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-12 21:59   ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-12 22:08     ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-13  9:28     ` Ada.Execution_Time Georg Bauhaus
2010-12-13 22:25       ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-13 22:42         ` Ada.Execution_Time J-P. Rosen
2010-12-14  3:31         ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-14 15:42           ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-14 16:17             ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-14 19:10             ` Ada.Execution_Time Warren
2010-12-14 20:36               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-14 20:48                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-14  8:17         ` Ada.Execution_Time Vinzent Hoefler
2010-12-14 15:51           ` Ada.Execution_Time Adam Beneschan
2010-12-14 15:53           ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-14 17:17             ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-14 17:45               ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-14 18:23                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Adam Beneschan
2010-12-14 21:02                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-15 22:52             ` Ada.Execution_Time Keith Thompson
2010-12-15 23:14               ` Ada.Execution_Time Adam Beneschan
2010-12-17  0:44                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-17 17:54                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Warren
2010-12-20 21:28                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Keith Thompson
2010-12-21  3:23                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-21  8:04                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-21 17:19                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-21 17:43                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-14 19:43           ` Ada.Execution_Time anon
2010-12-14 20:09             ` Ada.Execution_Time Adam Beneschan
2010-12-15  0:16       ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-15 19:17         ` Ada.Execution_Time jpwoodruff
2010-12-15 21:42           ` Ada.Execution_Time Pascal Obry
2010-12-16  3:54             ` Ada.Execution_Time jpwoodruff
2010-12-17  7:11               ` Ada.Execution_Time Stephen Leake
2010-12-15 21:40         ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-15 23:40           ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-15 22:05         ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-16  1:14           ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-16  5:46             ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-16 16:13               ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-16 11:37             ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-16 17:24               ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-16 17:45                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Adam Beneschan
2010-12-16 21:13                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-17  0:35               ` New AdaIC site (was: Ada.Execution_Time) Randy Brukardt
2010-12-16 13:08             ` Ada.Execution_Time Peter C. Chapin
2010-12-16 17:32               ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-16 18:17             ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-16  8:45           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-16 16:49             ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-16 17:52               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-17  8:49                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-17  9:32                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-17 11:50                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-17 13:10                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-18 21:20                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-19  9:57                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-25 11:31                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-26 10:25                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-27 12:44                                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-27 15:28                                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-27 20:11                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-27 21:34                                       ` Simon Wright [this message]
2010-12-28 10:01                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-28 14:17                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-27 21:53                                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 14:14                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-28 15:08                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 16:18                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-28 16:34                                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-31  0:40                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-31  9:09                                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 14:46                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-28 15:42                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 16:27                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time (see below)
2010-12-28 16:55                                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 19:41                                                 ` Ada.Execution_Time (see below)
2010-12-28 20:03                                                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-28 22:39                                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2010-12-29  9:07                                                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-27 17:24                                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-27 22:02                                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-27 22:43                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Robert A Duff
2010-12-27 22:11                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-29 12:48                                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-29 14:30                                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-29 16:19                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time (see below)
2010-12-29 16:51                                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-29 19:57                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time (see below)
2010-12-29 21:20                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-30  5:13                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-30 13:37                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-29 20:32                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-29 21:21                                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-30 13:34                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-30 19:23                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-30  5:06                                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-30 23:49                                     ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-31 23:34                                       ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2011-01-01 13:52                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2011-01-01 14:42                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2011-01-01 16:01                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2011-01-01 19:18                                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2011-01-03 21:27                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2011-01-06 22:55                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2011-01-07  6:25                                               ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2011-01-01 15:54                                         ` Ada.Execution_Time Simon Wright
2011-01-03 21:33                                           ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2011-01-05 15:55                                             ` Ada.Execution_Time Brad Moore
2010-12-17  8:59         ` Ada.Execution_Time anon
2010-12-19  3:07           ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-19  4:01             ` Ada.Execution_Time Vinzent Hoefler
2010-12-19 11:00               ` Ada.Execution_Time Niklas Holsti
2010-12-21  0:37                 ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-21  1:20                   ` Ada.Execution_Time Jeffrey Carter
2010-12-19 12:27               ` Ada.Execution_Time Dmitry A. Kazakov
2010-12-21  0:32               ` Ada.Execution_Time Randy Brukardt
2010-12-19 22:54             ` Ada.Execution_Time anon
2010-12-20  3:14               ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
2010-12-22 14:30                 ` Ada.Execution_Time anon
2010-12-22 20:09                   ` Ada.Execution_Time BrianG
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