[Lazarus] How to program with time in milliseconds?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:

> For timers and whatnot, the fpgettimeofday call is simply not suitable. 
> It is an incredibly slow call, and needs to be replaced with something 
> else.
> get_clock() seems to be the way to go. vSDO is a very specific linux 
> mechanism; I would recommend against it.

I note that IBM mainframes have a counter which is defined as 
incrementing one particular bit at a 1mSec rate. The behaviour of bits 
to its right varies depending on the machine, and bits to its left count 
as expected. I can't remember the fixed-rate bit position, but it 
strikes me as an elegant intermediate format where an absolute date etc. 
isn't needed.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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