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From: robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Csh confusion: #define HZ 100?
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Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 00:04:26 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 00:04:26 1984
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> But why #define HZ 100 ended up in csh is a mystery to me.
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On a wild guess, I would think it may have something to do with csh's
capability of checking your mailbox every so often.  I can see where there
might be a speed increase if it kept a rough track of the time itself instead
of issuing time(2) requests all the time.

				robert

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