[Lazarus] How to program with time in milliseconds?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Schnell wrote:
> On 05/11/2014 09:44 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>>
>> Take a look at EpikTimer. It uses hardware timers where available, with
>> an easy to use API for the developer.
> 
> IO took a look.
> 
> Seemingly this is only available for X86 and X86_64.

Unless something's changed, I do not believe that to be the case. I've 
previously compiled and tested a program that uses it on SPARC/PPC/ARM 
Linux.

I've got reservations about excessive use of floating point, but at 
present I believe it's still the best option available.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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