From: Marcin Raczkowski <swistak@...>
Date: 2007-05-10T00:51:54+09:00
Subject: Re: 10 millisecond delay/callback

On Tuesday 08 May 2007 13:15, Paul Brannan wrote:
> On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 07:12:12AM +0900, Lloyd Linklater wrote:
> > I do have to say that, given what this code does and the time in which
> > it runs, saying that ruby just cannot run fast is silly.  I am very
> > glad to have seen this thread!
>
> It depends on what you mean by fast.  For some applications I write, ten
> milliseconds is a long time, and a hundred milliseconds is an eternity.
>
> We do use ruby where appropriate, but not for latency-sensitive
> applications.
>
> Paul

ruby is interpreted langue and becouse of some restrictions on select and 
interpereter you can't get exact delays, the bigger delay is  more acurate 
it's but if you need that sort of precision consder including c code.

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Marcin Raczkowski
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