From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-04-27T07:04:09+09:00
Subject: Re: 10 millisecond delay/callback

khaines@enigo.com wrote:
...
> Try select()
> ----
> irb(main):005:0> 0.upto(25) do
> irb(main):006:1* select(nil,nil,nil,0.01)
> irb(main):007:1> puts Time.now.usec/1000
> irb(main):008:1> end
> 138
> 148
> 158
> 168
> 178
> 188
> 198
...

What kind of system are you on? It doesn't work so well for me.

irb(main):017:0> [~] uname -a
Linux tumbleweed 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 
i686 GNU/Linux
[~] ruby -v
ruby 1.8.6 (2007-03-13 patchlevel 0) [i686-linux]

rb(main):013:0> 0.upto(25) do
irb(main):014:1* select(nil,nil,nil,0.01)
irb(main):015:1> puts Time.now.usec/1000
irb(main):016:1> end
240
250
262
274
286
298
310
322
334
347
358
370
382
398
406
418
430
442
455
466
478
490
503
514
526
538


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