From: Pete Elmore <1337p337@...>
Date: 2007-09-29T04:16:10+09:00
Subject: Re: sleep for lesser of two values

On 28/09/2007, Earle Clubb <eclubb@valcom.com> wrote:
> I have a loop that runs for a variable amount of time, as defined by
> @duration.  I need to re-execute the command every 15 seconds for the
> length of @duration, which is a float and can have any value.  Can
> anyone think of a more elegant way to do this than the code below?
>
> end_time = Time.now + @duration
> while (t = Time.now) < end_time
>   # execute command
>   sleep((15 < (end_time - t)) ? 15 : (end_time - t))
> end
I don't know about elegant, but it's a little more easy to read
	sleep [15, end_time - t].min
than the ?: business.